The streets of Brighouse were transformed with crowds of people dressed in period clothing to celebrate the town’s first 1940s weekend.

The event ran on Saturday and Sunday with an estimated 30,000 people visiting on Saturday alone.

The whole town centre became the venue for a variety of 1940s family fun events and displays from Spitfires to vintage vehicles, from home cooking to 1940’s dress and make up.

Attractions on both days included vintage military and civilian vehicle displays, a Winston Churchill lookalike, a Cine News Reel show, performances from 1940s singers and dance lessons with the Back Step Boogie Club.

Visitors also had the chance to climb in the cockpit of a full size replica Spitfire and enjoy displays from the Land Army, RAF, Luftwaffe, Dambusters and French Resistance.

The event was arranged by volunteers of the Brighouse Business Initiative who expect it to become a regular fixture in the diary.

Lesley Adams, of Simply Flowers in Brighouse, one of the organisers, said: “I have never seen so many people it has been incredible. I think on Saturday we had about 30,000 people.”