Wartime Weekend plus court list

See pictures from the North Yorkshire Moors Railway’s Wartime Weekend.

The clock was turned back to the 1940s as thousands of people flocked to the Wartime Weekend event on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.

Stations along the 18-mile preserved line were transformed over the weekend to create a wide range of World War Two scenarios, including troop movements, child evacuees and a cinema showing films and newsreels from the period.

Visitors got the chance to sample the amazing spirit and camaraderie of World War Two and enjoy the various reenactments, entertainment and vehicle displays at Pickering, Levisham, Goathland and Grosmont stations.

There were Home Guard demonstrations at Goathland while Grosmont was the setting for music and dance entertainment. Levisham was transformed into the Germanoccupied French village of Le Visham with re-enactment displays and Café Allée du Bois. Meanwhile, wreath-laying ceremonies took place to remember the fallen in sombre ceremonies at Pickering and Grosmont stations.

Pickering Station recreated The Sidings, a wartime street which included Joan’s wartime hair salon, a NAAFI and Sidings Inn, wartime traders and live entertainment. Ampleforth College Big Band entertained crowds with a repertoire of music from the 1930s and 1940s on Sunday afternoon.

Assembling for the flag raising. 164317j

Sir Winston Churchill (Peter Austwick) has a selfie with a delighted Melanie Challenger. 164317a

Soldiers stop for a chat near the station. 164317d

Paul Smith tries on a few hats as he ventures through Pickering. 164317c

Despite the rain Mayson Josey is all smiles in a vintage pram. 164317k

Harley North and Leon Palmer of Brompton Hall School having a laugh along the platform. 164317h