STARS Joanna Lumley and Stephen Fry have backed a plan for kids to write to World War Two veterans.
To mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day , when the war in Europe ended, schoolchildren are being encouraged to learn more from survivors.
Bombardier Tom Jones, 103, launched the VE Mail project at a Manchester primary school, where he showed pupils how to work a Morse code machine.
He and four other vets have written letters about their service which all UK schools can request, and the children can write back.
Burma veteran Tom said: “Victory meant the world to us at the time â but the values are as relevant today as they were then.”;
Absolutely Fabulous star Joanna , a World War Two officer’s daughter, said: “This is a beautiful idea. This is a chance to ensure we don’t forget those stories.”;
Stephen added: “The extraordinary men and women who fought couldn’t know us â we hadn’t been born.
“But it was for us they risked their lives.”;
VE Mail is part of a national programme of celebrations led by the Together Coalition, to mark VE Day 80 on Thursday, May 8.
Joanna Lumley said: ‘This is a beautiful idea. This is a chance to ensure we don’t forget those stories'
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