A look back at Lytham 1940s Festival: Part 1

By Jack Marshall, Reporter

Published 12th Aug 2020, 12:30 GMT

Transporting us back to the era of Churchill and Spitfires, the Lytham 1940s Festival is always a hit.

Here's part one of the three-part series.

Carl Richardson with his Afrika Korps motorbike and sidecar

An impromptu knobbly knees contest as scouts wait to cross the road

Enjoying the parade

Charlie Huxley (right) and Lysette Hacking see if the boys of 82nd Airborne have any stockings or chewing gum

Glyn Derbyshire (left) and Simon Gardiner in a Willys Jeep

French Resistance fighters Brian (left) and David Nicholson team up with onion seller Colleen Sawford

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