VE Day post box topper stolen, knitters say

The topper was placed in Hemdean Road in Caversham on Saturday

A postbox topper created to celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day has been stolen, a group of knitters have said.

Sarah Roy, from the group which meets at Caversham's Weller Centre, said it had taken members about a month to create the feature, which included a woollen Sir Winston Churchill.

She told BBC Radio Berkshire it had been placed on the postbox outside Warings Bakery in Hemdean Road on Saturday but she noticed it had disappeared on Tuesday.

Mrs Roy said had she reported the disappearance to police but had yet to receive a response.

The topper also included a nurse, a factory worker and a sailor.

"We got lots of thanks from the community on social media, lots of thank yous and lots of people who enjoyed looking at it and went especially into the village centre to look at the post box topper," Mrs Roy added.

"If it's been taken and dumped somewhere, there's every chance that we can fix it. We are talented and we know how to do things."

Thames Valley Police said the incident may have been reported but was yet to be logged in the system.