Step back in time and experience the spirit of the 1940s at the National Tramway Museum!

Join us for a full day of wartime nostalgia, live entertainment and immersive family fun as history comes to life across the museum site.

• Experience an evacuation by tram
• Make your own gas mask in the Homefront Family Crafts marquee
• Learn to dance 1940s style with Swing Time with Sophie
• See Diamond T Tank Transport and a WWII Fire Engine
• Enjoy Paul Temple’s Penny Arcade
• Listen to wartime storytelling on the tram with Notice This Notice Theatre Group
• Watch Home Guard drills, Land Army re-enactments and period displays
• Explore wartime exhibitions, vehicles and family activities across the site

Live music throughout the day from:
• Jayne Darling & Kev Mack
• The Mat Pack swing band
• Tripliquette
• Plus a fantastic VE Day finale featuring all performers

Don’t miss the wartime singalongs in the Red Lion Pub with Jayne and Kev!

We’d also love to see both children and adults dressed in their best 1940s outfits to help bring the atmosphere to life. Feel free to accessorise with suitable vintage-style props such as vintage radios, gas masks, gas mask boxes, ration books, suitcases, whistles and period uniforms.

It promises to be a fantastic day of music, memories and wartime spirit for the whole family.