Trustworthy, administrator
6,759
edits
Changes
Info added
The two-weekend format continued over succeeding years, although the 2007 weekends scheduled for 23-24 June and 30 June-1 July were an early casualty of the [[2007 Storm Damage|freak storm damage on 19 June]].
Prior to the 2011 event, interviews were held with members of the cast of the TV series 'Allo 'Allo.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlCSyObHpj4&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR2G-KCxUrQnq3Y5uQ4DgZtmAqtmGt3wd0quneGXnSqc3rBWpJWrSMwDpoo, Youtube, 24 June 2011] (Retrieved 28 June 2019)</ref>
2014 saw the event take on its present name of '''Step back to the 1940s''',<ref>SVR News 185</ref> in which form it continued annually until 2019.
12099_Highley_20170701.jpg |'Battle train' and re-enactors at Highley, July 2017
Fire_Fighting_Kidderminster_20190630.jpg|Fire fighting demonstration at Kidderminster, June 2019
Buick_Hellcat_tank_20190629.jpg| Buick Hellcat tank at Kidderminster, June2019June 2019</gallery> Recent Step Back to the 1940s events have also been an opportunity for some of the SVR's out of ticket locomotives to make an appearance as static exhibits at Kidderminster. <gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">5764_20170701.jpg | 2017: [[5764]] sporting a spark-arrestor chimney 48773_WD307_20180630.jpg|2018: [[48773]] cosmetically painted in WD livery7325_20190629.jpg| 2019: [[7325]] in 'weathered' condition at 'Weirwold' as featured in [[Goodnight Mister Tom]]
</gallery>
*'''2008''' Not held due to the [[2007 Storm Damage]].
*'''2014''' Renamed 'Step Back to the 1940s.
*'''2018''' An [[Arley#Anderson_shelter|Anderson shelter]] was erected at Arley. In the same year the Postcode Lottery awarded a grant for the construction of a [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2010-2019#2018| shelter]] at [[The Engine House]] to enhance the [[SVR Education Services|facilities for children to learn]] about air raids and experience.
*'''2020''' Not held due to Covid restrictions.
*'''2021''' Not held due to Covid restrictions.
*'''2022''' Not held in recognition of the war in Ukraine.
<gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">
Arley_Anderson_Shelter_20180705.jpg|Anderson Shelter
</gallery>
==Passenger numbers==
|-
| 2018 || style="text-align:right;" | 6,664|| <ref name=AGM/>|| Autumn Steam Gala 6,334
|-
| 2019 || style="text-align:right;" | 5,562|| NBI, 5 March 2020|| Autumn Steam Gala 5,850
|-
|}
==SVR Education Services ==
Although not part of the event, [[SVR Education Services]] developed complementary programmes to meet the needs of the national curriculum. By 2016 these included World War related activities Dig for Victory, an evacuation train journey, life on the Home Front activities such as rag rugging, the wartime kitchen and 'make-do-and-mend', classroom at War and the blitz, all with costumed re-enactors.
==See also==