Haworth is preparing to turn back the clock as the village stages its hugely popular 1940s Weekend.

The event, which this year will mark the 70th anniversary of the Dambusters raid, attracts thousands of visitors.

Activities will take place this Saturday and Sunday, with profits going to the Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen’s Family Association.

The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight will stage a flypast featuring a Hurricane and Spitfire, weather permitting.

The parsonage car park will be transformed into an “airbase”, featuring a Dambusters exhibition, live entertainment and military vehicles.

And there will be displays by military and Land Army re-enactors on the parsonage meadow.

The Anne Frank Trust UK, with support from Hathaways of Haworth, is staging an exhibition at West Lane Methodist Church telling the story of the young Jewish girl and the Holocaust.

Hot wartime food such as corn beef hash, pie and peas and home-made soup – along with sandwiches and cakes – will be served up from 10.30am on Saturday at the church’s NAAFI cafe.

The popular cafe is the small congregation’s main fundraiser of the year.

It will also feature a display of wartime memorabilia and stalls selling goods ranging from cakes to books. Friends from Marsh Methodist Church will be boosting their funds by running stalls.

Entertainment at Haworth Central Park will include a licensed veterans’ marquee, jive dancing, live music and stalls.

At the Bronte Parsonage Museum, a series of special events will take place spotlighting life there during the war years.

There will be talks by best-selling author Ann Dinsdale, museum director Prof Ann Sumner and parsonage education officer Sue Newby.

Visitors can learn more about the Mitchell family, which lived in the museum and protected it during the conflict.

There will be a chance to hear recorded boyhood memories of Eric Mitchell, who was the last baby born at the parsonage. His brother, Raymond, was killed, aged 19, during a naval battle in 1945.

A drop-in workshop making felt flower corsages, and waltzing to the sounds of classic brass quintet H-D Brass on the parsonage lawn, will also be held.

For more details of the parsonage activities, visit bronte.org.uk.

Further information about the 1940s Weekend can be found at haworth1940sweekend.co.uk.