WARTIME nostalgia broke out over the weekend when stations across the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, including Toddington, pictured, and their volunteers stepped back 75 years for 'Wartime in the Cotswolds'.
For the first time the railway also joined forces with Winchcombe town, which is also entered into the wartime spirit, with a classic bus service linking its station with the town centre.
Phil Harbron, an event co-ordinator, speaking prior to the event, said: "There's so much going on it's hard to know where to start.
"But you can expect plenty of cameos performed by re-enactors from all over the country at all of the stations as well as on trains. There's a packed programme of musical entertainment - including 'George Formby' - and a chance to dance your cares away.
"You might even find yourself caught up in a 1940s wedding or, on Sunday, a special Remembrance Service."
Attractions at Toddington included an RAF Plotting Room demonstration and RFC display, 1940s beauty salon, lots of military and period vehicles and the narrow-gauge railway.
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