York Museums Trust Blog

On Saturday I spent the day in Pickering, it was War Weekend!! The whole town goes back to 1943 and it’s absolutely wonderful, Brown Criss Cross tape on shop windows, Careless Talk Posters on Lamp posts. Everyone dressed in authentic costume, the women looked wonderful with fully fashioned seamed stockings, hats and gloves, really smart. Loads of guys in Uniform RAF, Naval, Army, G.I. even Polish and Russian uniforms. Yours truly was dressed as a British Army Officer and I think looked pretty good. Vera Lynn, Anne Shelton, George Formby and loads more stars of the time were being played everywhere you went. It was just like being in a huge walking, talking, breathing museum and we were all part of it. If you went to the station and were in authentic dress you could go on the far platform and mingle with everyone else you really felt you had gone back in time. Over on the other platform those in 2007 clothing were all watching us, beacuse really I suppose we were re-enactors. I had a fantastic day and look forward to the next time I can visit 1943.