THOUSANDS of visitors are again set to throng the streets of Ingleton for the village's hugely popular 1940s weekend.

Military re-enactors will recreate the sights and sounds of the time tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday, while a variety of musical acts will bring back the era of swing.

The event is celebrating its 12th successive year and will again find many visitors dressing the part in the costumes of civilians, soldiers - and resistance fighters - to conjure up the atmosphere of nostalgia.

And there will be a variety of military vehicles on show, street games, and a range of trade stalls selling vintage clothing and other memorabilia.

Among the highlights will be what has become an event tradition as 'Winston Churchill' leads the street parade around the village on Sunday ahead of The City of Bradford Pipe Band and a contingent of vintage military and civilian vehicles.

And dropping in immediately afterwards - literally - will be members of the Royal Logistic Corps Silver Stars Parachute Display Team, serving officers and soldiers of the regular and reserve army, who will be landing on the playing field behind the Community Centre.

Among the many musical highlights over the weekend will be the Saturday Night Dance with The Mike Brown Swing Band in the Ingleton Community Centre, while event regular Kitty Lamare sings in the Village Square - or the Wheatsheaf marquee if the weather is wet - on Saturday morning and evening, featuring classics by The Andrews Sisters, Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald and Vera Lynn among others. There is also a Tea Dance with entertainment in the Community Centre, starting at 2pm on Sunday.

The feature film 'Dad's Army' will be shown twice on Saturday.

Another event regular, Colin Bourdiec, will circulate at various times over the weekend in the persona of one of Britain's biggest wartime entertainers, George Formby.

The weekend also features a funfair on the Community Centre car parks, while young dancers from the Helen Howard Dance Troupe will perform on Saturday.

On the Sunday morning there will be a parade from the Three Horse Shoes to the Cenotaph with the City of Bradford Pipe Band for a short act of Remembrance in a show of respect for those who who sacrificed their lives during the war.

The event starts tomorrow, Friday, at 7.30pm in the Wheatsheaf beer garden with a performance by Hep to the Jive and DJ Major Swing.