A TOWN railway station is set to take a step back in time.

The volunteer operated Llangollen Railway will be holding a 1940’s Home Front Weekend on Saturday and Sunday, April 13 and 14 at the station

This event will be turning the clock back to the 1940’s with displays of military personnel and equipment together with military vehicles located at the stations along the line to Carrog.

The Home Front side of the period will also be represented with civilian vehicles parked at various locations together with displays of life in the 1940's.

There will be a mock air raid and demonstration of military firepower on both days. As befitted the era, British and our transatlantic Allies the Americans will be present over the weekend.

Entertainment will be provided at each station along the line by live performers singing songs of the era including George Formby, the Bluebird Belles a group of WAAF entertainers, Airborne Angel and Jayne Darling.

On Saturday night Llangollen Station will host these live acts for the evening dance with a real ale bar between 7pm and 11pm.

Lookalikes of Sir Winston Churchill, General Montgomery and Air Vice Marshall Harris will visit the Dee valley during the course of the event to undertake inspections and make patriotic speeches.

A drum head church service will be held on Sunday morning at Llangollen Station.

Steam hauled trains will run at regular intervals through the scenic Dee valley during the day with an evening service on Saturday to convey visitors to the concert at Llangollen Station.

A demonstration goods train will also be in operation carrying vital wartime materials along the line.

The main display of military vehicles will be at Glyndyfrdwy Station, approximately half way along the railway. Unrationed refreshments will be available at stations along the line.

There will be a real ale bar at Llangollen which will be open during the day and into the evening during the concert. Visitors are invited to enter into the spirit of the event and come dressed in period costume. Any children being evacuated should have the appropriate labels. Unfortunately the line between Carrog and Corwen will be closed due to ‘enemy action’.

Further information on departure time so of trains and events can be obtained by contacting the station office at Llangollen on telephone number 01978 860979, the web site at www.llangollen-railway.co.uk