Independent department store, Bakers and Larners time-travelled back to 1940s for the recent Holt 1940s Weekend.
Bakers’ Cookshop team got behind the Norfolk town’s event by wearing 1940s costume and creating wartime meals in the store’s Complete Kitchen demonstration area. Customers enjoyed sampling some 40s favourites, including Rabbit Stew, Vegetable Stew and Suet Pudding.
Sharon Hayman, Bakers and Larners’ cookshop manager also delighted the town by singing wartime songs outside the shop. Sharon was compere for singing sensations The D’Day Darlings from TV’s Britain’s Got Talent, who performed over the weekend.
Bakers’ Cookshop window displayed enamel-ware as well as vintage tins dating back to the 1940s. Windows were also taped up imitating the style used to lessen the impact of bombs, and sandbags lined Holt’s streets. Bakers was also part of the event’s popular Ration Book trail, where consumers went from store to store collecting stamps.
Sharon commented: “Everyone got into the spirit of the 1940s and he weekend showed the best of Holt’s wonderful community spirit.”
The town’s activities also included a Pigeon Race and Churchill Lookalike competition. The annual weekend was the town’s fourth, celebrating the wartime efforts of allied forces and the remarkable resilience shown by those who dealt with the hardships on the home front.
Top: Baker and Larners’ Richard Lodge and Janice Osbourne with wartime dishes in the store’s Complete Kitchen.
