December seems a strange month to hold a party that came complete with a parade through the streets and a children’s sports day on the village green.
But that’s what happened at Padfield in 1940 - and here is the picture that appeared in the Glossop Chronicle to prove it.
The procession, led by Tintwistle Band, started at what the newspaper called the council school, and ended at the Temple Street recreation ground where youngsters raced, jumped and generally had fun.
The story reported that 170 children took part and that they all sat at long trestle tables filled with scrumptious food.
It was early days in the Second World War, so maybe food rationing had yet to begin.
The newspaper referred to it as a ‘Victory Party, but with the war continuing for another five years, did not give the reason for the name.
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