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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.
Fire_Fighting_Kidderminster_20190630.jpg|Fire fighting demonstration at Kidderminster, June 2019
Buick_Hellcat_tank_20190629.jpg| Buick Hellcat tank at Kidderminster, June2019
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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.
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5764_20170701.jpg | 2017: [[5764]] sporting a spark-arrestor chimney
48773_WD307_20180630.jpg|2018: 48773 cosmetically painted in WD livery
7325_20190629.jpg| 2019: 7325 in 'weathered' condition at 'Weirwold' as featured in [[Goodnight Mister Tom]]
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