Comments on: VE Day, Patched Narratives https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/05/08/ve-day-patched-narratives/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Thu, 08 May 2025 14:07:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Frances Bevan https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/05/08/ve-day-patched-narratives/#comment-1720321 Thu, 08 May 2025 14:07:07 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203173#comment-1720321 Poignant and such beautiful artwork.

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/05/08/ve-day-patched-narratives/#comment-1720302 Thu, 08 May 2025 13:30:16 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203173#comment-1720302 Marvelous! I love the idea of re-purposing in such a vivid and narrative way. The stories,
the “slow” aspect of the stitching process, the idea of the artisans talking and connecting as they
worked and planned, the sentimentality/power of the tributes, the recollections captured in every stitch. These artists have brought gentleness and healing to a mournful topic — and really packed a punch.

I’m so glad to see these inspiring images today.

]]> By: Steph H https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/05/08/ve-day-patched-narratives/#comment-1720208 Thu, 08 May 2025 09:11:13 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203173#comment-1720208 Beautiful, and very moving.

]]> By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/05/08/ve-day-patched-narratives/#comment-1720200 Thu, 08 May 2025 08:52:21 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203173#comment-1720200 I found Magdalena and Linda particularly moving stories, so the jackets are a wonderful tribute. All of the above is emotional reading too of course

]]> By: Winnie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/05/08/ve-day-patched-narratives/#comment-1720199 Thu, 08 May 2025 08:50:06 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203173#comment-1720199 My goodness these are beautiful. I am crying after reading the stories. Still so moving to hear the accounts. My dad was in the RAF during the war, stationed in Iceland. He, like many, didn’t like to talk about it. Occasionally he would say it was a horrible time. He lost many friends as so many did. The same for my mother. She and her four sisters and my grandparents all did war work, as everyone did. They just kept going somehow. They kept each other going. I am still so grateful to everyone.

]]> By: achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/05/08/ve-day-patched-narratives/#comment-1720198 Thu, 08 May 2025 08:42:57 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203173#comment-1720198 An interesting article about a most remarkable time! WW2 ended 80 years ago today. Kassel had also been bombed. Today I want to take the train to Nordhausen/Thuringia. There, in the Mittelbau Dora camp, is the underground factory of the V2 rocket that the Nazis directed at London. I often went there with my father (who lived in Nordhausen for a while).

On the 50th and 70th anniversary of the liberation, I met survivors there and stood with them in the underground tunnel. An experience I will never forget.

Whether I can get there by train today remains to be seen: a World War II bomb has to be defused today — it’s actually in the triangle of the railway line… So close to WW2, 80 years away!

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: Eve https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/05/08/ve-day-patched-narratives/#comment-1720170 Thu, 08 May 2025 07:23:54 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203173#comment-1720170 P*e*a*c*e w*o*r*k*s . .

]]> By: Linda Bassett https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/05/08/ve-day-patched-narratives/#comment-1720133 Thu, 08 May 2025 06:16:23 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203173#comment-1720133 Thank you so much for writing about the exhibition curated by the 2 Sarah’s and Laura. I felt very privileged to be invited to include my work coat.

]]> By: Janet M https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/05/08/ve-day-patched-narratives/#comment-1720112 Thu, 08 May 2025 05:47:54 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=203173#comment-1720112 Beautiful work, beautiful stories.

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