The festival takes place over one weekend in October each year, it has developed since its start and now extends along the North Yorkshire Railway to include the towns of Grosmont and Levisham.  Pickering remains the central hub of the weekend and starts with the local children being 'evacuated' at the station and continues with other organised events throughout the whole weekend with the traditional wreath laying ceremony on Sunday to remember those who lost their lives. The main attraction for me and lots of local photographers is the hundreds of people who attend the event in 1940'2 costume - all willing to pose for photographs.