MailOnline readers have shared fantastic pictures of their VE Day celebrations during lockdown, with some making delicious afternoon teas and others celebrating with their neighbours on their driveways.
People got dressed up in headscarfs and other 1940s style dress to celebrate the 75th anniversary of VE Day in style this bank holiday Friday.
Some people even got their pets involved in the fancy dress, as dogs and cats wore Union Jack themed neckerchiefs and bowties for the occasion.
Colourful Union Jack bunting hung on houses across the nation as people flocked to their driveways to have street parties with their neighbours amid lockdown.
Families baked for the occasion and kept their spirits high by enjoying tea, Victoria sponge cakes and scones with cream and jam with their loved ones.
Brilliant photographs show how families all over the country commemorated VE Day this year and enjoyed the scorching 26C (78F) heat this bank holiday.
One woman, dressed in 1940s style clothing, sets up her dining room table for an afternoon tea. She serves all the British classics to mark the celebration, including scones with cream and jam and pots of tea
Karen Wearmouth and her sister Linda Conkay made bunting out of their late father’s navy uniform on Stuart Way in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire. Their neighbours Rob, Kate and Ian made DIY bunting and Victoria sponge for the street as seven houses join the celebrations
One woman sits surrounded by her impressive afternoon tea with 75th anniversary VE Day bunting tapped to her garage. She set up a table with a red tablecloth on their driveway to celebrate the occasion despite lockdown restrictions
Two children celebrate VE Day on their driveway in Gillingham, Medway, holding Union Flags and wearing Union Jack hats as they beam at the camera
A man sits with his dog as they enjoy an impressive British tea party in their driveway. A champagne bottle sits waiting next to their tea and cake as houses down the street are decorated with bunting and flags
A family stand in their driveway in Moor Lane Addingham gripping handfuls of Union Flags as they smile at the camera. They enjoyed a celebratory street party with other houses on their road
Moor Lane, Addingham, held an impressive street party, with two of the neighbours showing their musical skills. They performed musical numbers dressed in 1940s fashion – all from their driveway
People celebrated VE Day in style as they took themselves back in time to the 1940s. One woman wore a green dress with a matching headscarf as she enjoyed the occasion in her garden
Rhiannon Commins, 11, is dressed up in her 1940s finery for the celebration as she holds up a Union Jack umbrella. Her family celebrated with a front garden street party in Stamford Bridge, York
Amy Pateman knelt outside her home with her baby Isaac, who is one month old today. They pinned photographs of soldiers on their fence as they got ready for their driveway street party
People’s pets even got involved with the VE Day celebrations as one spaniel wore a red, white and blue neckerchief when outside enjoying the 26C weather
One garage was decorated with huge Union Flags and marble red and blue balloons to commemorate the occasion. They were just one of many houses to go all-out when decorating for VE Day this year
Karen Butt and her partner Ed, who is ex-Parachute Regiment, celebrated VE Day on their canal boat on the Kennet and Avon canal in Wiltshire. The pair raise a glass next to the canal as they sit with balloons and a flag behind them as decoration
Monty the bulldog holds a Union Flag in his teeth as he helps his family to celebrate VE Day. The family later attached two flags to his harness as he joined them on their driveway
Dolly Sullivan, five, and Albert Sullivan, four months, sit outside their home in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire. They are joined by their one year old puppy Ted, who wore a Union Jack neckerchief. They sit in front of handmade bunting which pictures cartoon airplanes and soldiers
One home not only decorated their windows with flags, but also decked out their furniture with Union Flags and the English flag, pinning it to the table using washing pegs at the front of their driveway
One man takes dressing up to a whole new level as he wears glasses with the English flag in the lenses and a Union Jack bowtie and shirt. His suit jacket is also Union Flag colours as he is pictured with matching bunting flying above his head
Another stylish dog is pictured perching on his owner’s knee wearing a Union Jack bowtie as they celebrate VE Day inside their home
Thomas Cleverly, aged seven, grinned at the camera as he wore a Union Jack jumper at a Carlisle garden tea party. The family joined many others in decorating their house, and their front garden hedge, with bunting
Some neighbours abandon afternoon tea and instead enjoy food from their BBQs in the scorching hot weather this bank holiday, chatting with one another from their own driveways
One family decorate their table with VE Day announcements and newspaper clippings as they serve their delicious afternoon tea looking out on their sunny back garden
Dogs were not the only pets to get involved with the bank holiday celebrations as one cat posed wearing a sequinned, and rather glitzy, Union Jack bowtie
Tommy Tucker celebrated VE Day taking care of his 87 year old mother, who knitted a ‘VE Day 75’ decoration to keep her spirits up during lockdown
The famous red arrows give an exceptional display over a house in Northampton on the sunny bank holiday Friday as the country celebrates VE Day