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

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

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

The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight will stage a fly-past 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.

Peter Hill, for the organisers, said: “Last year’s event was hailed as the best but this one will be even better – support from people has been great. It will be a lot of fun.”

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.

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.

A series of special events will take place at the Bronte Parsonage Museum, 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 during the conflict. There will be a chance to hear recorded boyhood memories of Eric Mitchell, who was the last to be born at the Parsonage. His brother, Raymond, was killed aged 19 in a naval battle in 1945.

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

Visit bronte.org.uk or haworth1940sweekend.co.uk for details. And see next week’s Keighley News for full photo coverage of the events.