We’re in the mood for two rip-roaring weekends of 1940s fun, as the Severn Valley Railway steps back in time

Join us for Step Back to the 1940s as we throw back 16 miles of railway to the home front for an immersive 1940s experience – Brylcreem your hair, don your best hat and dancing shoes, starch your trousers, tan your legs with gravy browning, put in your victory rolls and get set for some 1940s fun!

Feel the spirit of the British home front brought to Worcestershire and Shropshire as you travel by heritage steam train to each station, where there is always something different to discover, see, do or dance to!

Be part of the congregation at a 1940s wedding, bargain with the black market traders at our bumper vintage stalls, learn to jive at a dance class, fill up on spam sandwiches, listen to a rousing speech from Winston Churchill and much, much more. There’ll be a few surprises along the way….

KIDDERMINSTER
Classic Vehicles
Vehicles Convey (twice a day) to Bewdley and Return
Bombed out building
Road Works display with small steam roller
Valentine Tank (one weekend only)
Bombed out building
1940s Shop
1940s House
Wartime Police Station with police and spivs on the platform
Air Raid Shelter
ARP Sandbag Hut
Field Marshall Montgomery and the South Gloustershire regiment
Live Music from the Kalamazoo Dance Band, plus second act yet to be announced!
Tea Dance on dancefloor throughout the day – with professional dancers
Wartime dance lessons on the dance floor

BEWDLEY
Timber Corp display in the Orchard (Worcestershire at War)
Bombed out Shop Keeper in waiting room
Joe Thomas performing a George Formby tribute at the station
Laurel and Hardy meet and greet on the station
Kemp Hospice
Vehicle display
Vehicle Convey (twice a day) to Bewdley and Return

ARLEY
Wartime Wedding with congregation
Advanced field hospital and weapons display
Vintage vehicles, including 1940s caravans
Evacuee disembark for wartime games
Anderson Shelter
40s crooner Kevin Mac

HIGHLEY
Station
Royal Engineers bomb disposal display (Homefires)

ENGINE HOUSE
Replica Spitfire and operational Merlin Engine (Second weekend only)
40s Market Place with traders
Entertainment from Kitten Von Mew and The Lancashire Belles
Meet and greet with Winston Churchill and wartime speeches.
Beer Tent and BBQ outside the Engine House

BRIDGNORTH
1940s Traders
Vintage Vehicles
NAAFI van selling refreshments
Entertainment from the ever-popular Brandyn Shaw and The Ronnies

WHOLE LINE
Winston Churchill greeting crowds across the railway
Stations all dressed for an immersive 40s experience
1940s styled catering on offer across all outlets
Spivs on the train, trying to sell you their illicit goods