No need to tell it to the Marines,

they know how much the children enjoyed the trips on the river in the light naval craft on the second of the VJ holidays.

The top photograph (by I C Williams, Bideford) shows a happy boatload of youngsters about to leave Bideford Quay for a trip. ‘The spirit of Victory’ was the title given to the galaxy of fancy dress, music and merriment photographed at Torrington’s VJ Carnival procession by Pringle and Woodward, Torrington.