IT was a bumper weekend at Saltash for the celebrations to mark the 60th anniversary of the ending of World War II. The hot sunshine brought out the crowds to enjoy the events at Kimberley Stadium. Beginning on Saturday morning at 11am there were stalls, side shows, Punch and Judy, an assault course and fairground rides, with circus skills, and face painting also featuring. On Sunday afternoon, with temperatures soaring well up into the 80s, the Devon Fire and Rescue Service Ceremonial Unit of Pipes and Drums lead the parade from Victoria Gardens to St Nicholas and St Faith Church for a service of thanksgiving, reconciliation and hope for the 60th anniversary of the end of WWII. The parade included a number of local faces including the town maces, the mayor, David Carter in his ceremonial red robes and accompanied by his wife Helen, the mayoress and two of their children, town clerk Marilyn Small and John Small, and members of the town council. The Rear Admiral Roger Ainsley, Flag Officer of Sea Training, and Mrs Ainsley, Flag Lt Sam Law, of Sea Training, war veterans, plus members of the Royal British Legion, Royal Naval Association, Fire Brigade, St John Ambulance, Police Inspector John Moxom, and local youth organisations such as the scouts, guides, fire cadets and youngstagers also took part in the parade. Riding in a WWII jeep was 92-year-old Leslie Klapper who was a navigator in the RAF. At the Church, banners of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, Royal British Legion and Royal Naval Association were carried to the altar. After the service the salute was taken in Fore Street by the mayor and the Flag Officer Rear Admiral Roger Ainsley. Bill Dent who served in the Royal Navy for 24 years was the parade marshal. Events then moved to Kimberley Stadium where the mayor and Rear Admiral Ainsley opened the celebrations by presenting special pins to seven veterans, Peter Witts, former RAF air gunner, Leslie Clark, who served with the Royal Engineers from 1940 to 1946, Phyllis Kitcatt, who was in the ATS from 1940 to 1945, Sheila King, a was an office cook with the Women's Royal Naval Service from 1945 to 1948, Reg Fallaize, who served in the RAF from 1939 to 1945, Leslie Klapper, a navigator in the RAF, and Reg Samways, who joined the Royal Navy as a regular in 1938. Another veteran, Ray Cottle, could not attend the ceremony although he did serve in the Fleet Air Arm. Other veterans who were mentioned at the ceremony were Ken Sugden, who was in the RAF and Jim McKenzie of the Royal Navy.