Anybody else's street look like a party?

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All the neighbours standing round sitting out in the front chatting and someone is even giving away free beer tonight 💃🏻

Party time! When did Boris lift the lockdown? I must have missed it 😁

Yep, kids are all playing together and adults get closer with each Pimms they consume. Bonkers.

We've been out for our daily walk and saw a lot of people with bunting up sitting in their front gardens but everyone seemed to be staying in the garden. No different from a usual weekend sunny day really other than the bunting and no kids in the street (Enjoying your front garden is pretty normal round here but is apparently frightfully common in other areas ).

There's more people out than normal in my village and I think there are 3 small parties with more than one household. They seem to be sitting far apart but I'm really surprised because it's been quite a well behaved, even militant at times, village so far (there's a family of paramedics in the village).

We don't have much of a from garden but we made bunting and have spent some time on the strip of grass at the front instead of in our actual garden at the back today. So I've definitely chatted to more people as they passed than I normally do. At a distance but it does feel weird and slightly like it's over even though I know it's not. There aren't children mixing or big street parties or anything like that though.

Everyone out near me. Lots of bunting, flags, bbq's and someone with a karaoke machine! Lots social distancing in their own gardens but definitely a lot that aren't.

It’s like a carnival in our village with street parties, tressle tables with tombolas and beer on the high street. Even for our area, which hasn’t really seen much of a lockdown, I’m surprised.

I’ve made no secret of the fact that I’ve never really been a supporter of the lockdown, but have followed it as best as I could. But today it was impossible to get to our local co-op whilst maintaining any kind of 2m distancing so had to abandon it.

I feel that things were quieter when the guidelines were just recommended rather than legally mandated - people have generally (round here anyway) just started treating this as a government funded holiday.

street party in my village, i live just outside the village so feel a bit left out! people in the centre have put out tables 2m apart outside their houses or in front gardens, having food and drink, bingo and a sing song , I can here them now they have a pa system. They've been planning it on village WhatsApp group for a week or two. They also have a sing sing and play bingo every sunday at 4pm

Thankfully nothing here

Party going on in the back street behind my house. Nothing to do with VE though, just the usual piss up thats been happening most days of good weather. 3 separate households of mixed ages, drinking, joints on the go, shite music blasting out and young kids in the mix.

We were supposed to havw a stay in your front garden tea and cakes type thing. But some households have invited their wider family. I can't see much social distancing happening. Its very annoying and also depressing

Yep. Party central here. Kids mixing. Some houses with extended family over.

Nope. The people on my road don’t really have the luxury of gardens 😂

FFS this really annoys me. Wait for the rise in deaths a few weeks from now. How are people so fucking stupid?

Party central here too, now people are a few drinks in they're in each others gardens.

There is something going on behind our back garden

There is bingo and the birdie song 😩

Just went for a walk and loads of people sat outside with their neighbours, mostly apart to be fair. Then walked down one street where they had all sorts going on , people playing cricket, bbq's etc. Was hard to get down the street without being too close to anyone.

We had arranged to sit in our front gardens but shocked to find out our village fete has gone on as as planned.
Each to their own I suppose but the annoying thing is that it’s not being attended by locals and we’ve now had to go back indoors to avoid all the traffic

I just walked to the shop and my neighbour a few houses down is sitting out the front with a table and chairs, and a drink with her family member. I smiled and walked on by. I feel like I don't know how to communicate anymore!

Judging by the cars parked on the road, lots of people have visitors. I don't really have an issue with it - I think it is just the new normal, have friends over, sit 2m apart and chat/drink and the children will just play together. Next step - open schools, shops etc - social distancing in shops, none in schools and it is the new normal, people will catch Covid but hopefully not too many at a time if adults continue to social distance.

Our road of mostly elderly or 55+ people have a "socially distanced" VE Day. The few of us with kids have skipped it, or gone to be polite very quickly and left. We didn't go because how the hell can you explain to a 3yo that yes, that is their friend they usually see all the time over there and yes we are outside now but no, you can't see your friend and don't ask tomorrow or next week because the answer is no?!

Just had to walk down the middle of the street with a pushchair and a 5 year old on a bike because two houses opposite each other were sat out on the path outside their houses! Another house down the street has 12 people in the front garden. I cant understand how people can be so blatant about it!

No, but loads of car horns were beeping at 3pm!

I’m sat on my tod feeling lonely in the back garden listening to families enjoying the sun and a free concert by a lady down the road who has got a fab voice singing songs into a mic. DH has been in work all day and the teen DSs are inside on screens.

Feeling a bit sorry for myself, it’s making me lonely feeling like I’ve got no one to enjoy a sunny BH with me.

The small group watching the lady singing Seem to be a bit spread out so all ok I thinkz

According to FB lots of people social distancing at the local pub.

Party on our street too! All adults social distancing. Really lovely to chat to people.

some down the road, not us, considering making scones though