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Twins all set to celebrate their VE Day birthday
The Gazette
|May 08, 2025
IDENTICAL twins born in Middlesbrough on VE Day will celebrate their 80th birthdays together.
Pamela and Victoria Gamesby were born in their grandparents’ front parlour in Orwell Street, Middlesbrough, on May 8, 1945 as crowds gathered to celebrate VE Day. Pamela was first born, weighing 4lbs, closely followed by 3lb Victoria - a true surprise package because parents Jack and Clare Gamesby had no idea they were having twins!
The family briefly became local celebrities, with a photo of the proud parents and their VE Day duo appearing in the Gazette. And for an unexpected VE Day baby, Victoria's full name - Victoria May - was very deliberately chosen.
Throughout their lives, the pair have had an inseparable bond that perhaps only twins can understand. And although Victoria - known as Vicky - now has dementia, Pam will be by her side as usual for a birthday celebration at the Rugby care home Vicky now lives in.
This story is from the May 08, 2025 edition of The Gazette.
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