Whitby is throwing itself into the spirit of the event once again, after its first foray back to the Forties last year

WARTIME beside the seaside will be the flavour of the weekend in Dock End, Endeavour Wharf and around the station, with entertainment from a swing ensemble led by leading jazz trombonist Andrew Kerensky, 1940s tribute singer Cherie Lawrence, outrageous 1940s tea ladies Jean and Morag, and many others.

The weekend will also feature a Ryedale Folk Museum exhibition and ‘make do and mend’ demonstrations, an exhibition of Whitby wartime memories, 1940s trader stalls, free cookery demonstrations and a food hall, plus nostalgic rides on Whitby’s old lifeboat, the Mary Ann Hepworth, and the charabanc, Charlotte.