After taking part in victory parades in Britain, many left to return home - but others stayed, and descendents of relationships between Wollaton girls and American army boys remain in the village ...

For a more local escape, Wollaton Village offers a peaceful retreat on the outskirts of Nottingham. The village is renowned for Wollaton Hall, an Elizabethan mansion set within a sprawling deer park.

Wollaton Hall Large areas of the flowers brought in tourists but many of the areas were later built on The lilac-coloured flowers come in two varieties - spring and autumn - with the earlier ...