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Dance tickets on sale for Hellfire Corner weekend
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Dover will be re-living its wartime past next month with the annual Hellfire Corner weekend.

The event, which takes place in Pencester Gardens on June 14 and 15, will feature vintage vehicles and period music and dress.

On the bandstand, their will be 1940s-style music throughout Saturday and Sunday.

The RAF living history group will perform their Battle of Britain operations room demonstration and the Blackfish Academy will be doing an Entertainments National Service Association version of It Ain’t Half Hot Mum.

Other performances include the return of the Swingtime Sweethearts, the Lindy Hoppers, the Clover Sisters and Kas.

A 1940s fashion show will  feature, as well as the Betteshanger Brass Band on the Sunday.
The weekend also sees the return of the annual Big Band Dance in Dover Town Hall on the Saturday evening.

Organisers have said this will be the last time the dance will take place due to rising costs.
Tickets for the dance are £19.50 and a buffet is included in the price.

Dress code for the dance is 1940s civilian, allied uniform or black tie.
For more information, or to buy tickets, call 07972 194745.

POSTED: 15/05/2008 10:25:01

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