Every October Pickering hosts a wartime weekend where people make an amazing effort dressing up in fantastic costumes.PIckering paradeWhat makes this even better is that the steam railway get involved and there are different events at each station on the line.  A lot of thought goes in to the costumes, everything from evacuees to generals.Steam locoWe even got into the act this year with Jackie being a land girl and Ian a sailor.4 of us