THE 2018 Haworth 1940s Weekend will be marching triumphantly back into the village in a month’s time.

The keenly-anticipated event takes place on May 19 and 20, and will once more be attracting thousands of visitors from across the UK.

The weekend is the biggest event in Haworth’s annual programme of public entertainment and includes military and civilian vehicles, music from the 1940s, and a huge range of stalls, food, demonstrations

and displays.

People are encouraged to attend dressed in the civilian and military styles of the 1940s.

The event has been running for 22 years, and has raised tens of thousands of pounds in the last five years alone for military charities.

A new committee took over the management of the event following last year’s highly successful weekend.

Haworth resident Andrea Leathley, one of the main organisers along with her husband Brian, said she was delighted with how people had rallied round the new committee.

“It’s gone brilliantly and I can’t fault just how many people have wanted to help us,” she said.

“The community has really come together to support us.”

As in 2017, proceeds from the weekend will be going towards the charity Pilgrim Bandits, which helps severely injured members of the military to rebuild their lives.

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The charity was founded by a small group of Special Forces veterans in 2007, with the sole aim of using their unique training and experience to help and inspire wounded personnel to live life to the full.

Mrs Leathley said the 1940s Weekend would also be making a £2,000 donation to Haworth Primary School, in recognition of the school’s support in staging part of the event.

New for this year will be a Second World War battle re-enactment, featuring tanks and pyrotechnic displays, at 2.30pm on both the Saturday and Sunday on the school playing fields off Acre Lane. Each re-enactment will last 20 minutes to half an hour.

Weather permitting, there should be a Battle of Britain Memorial Flight flypast over the village by a Dakota transport plane at 10.55am on the Saturday.

On both days at 11.30am there will be a procession down Main Street, setting off from the parsonage car park. Haworth Central Park will host a variety of goods and memorabilia stalls, living history groups, singers and a 1930s-style fairground.

See haworths1940sweekend.com for more details.