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Guernsey’s school children will be presented with a gift as the island marks the 80th anniversary of Liberation Day.  

Families celebrating Guernsey’s 80th Liberation Day can look forward to a packed schedule of fun at the Children's Zone on Crown Pier, thanks to the support of Waitrose. 

150 drones will illuminate the skies above St Peter Port, celebrating the island’s history, resilience and liberation through pictures. A stirring selection of music from five larger works, selected by Jean Owen, will be knitted together to accompany the drone images and heighten the experience. 

With two months to go until Guernsey marks its 80th Liberation Day, preparations are well underway for a day of commemoration and community celebration on the island.

The performance, held on Saturday 10 May at 6pm in the Sir John Loveridge Hall, Beau Sejour, will celebrate the strong relationship that has been formed with Biberach, where more than 800 islanders were deported during the war.

The 80th anniversary of Guernsey's Liberation will give islanders a flavour of the moment when Guernsey was freed from occupation in 1945, through a historical re-enactment of Force 135's arrival on the island.

Sponsored by Collas Crill LLP for the third year, the hampers will be given to islanders who remained in Guernsey during the occupation or who were evacuated during the Second World War.  

A tea tent, sponsored by The Old Government House Hotel & Spa and supporting GROW Limited, is being offered by the Committee for Education, Sport and Culture this Liberation Day, as a quiet space for all.