Wartime spirit is coming back to Colne on September 24 in the form of a 1940s charity fundraising event for Help For Heroes.

Established in 1946 to serve families whose houses had been destroyed by war, Colne-based Boundary Bathrooms is celebrating 65 years in business by hosting a blitz-style bash.

Visitors will be treated to demonstrations of the Lindyhop dance and asked to take the floor for a lesson from professional dancers Pure Lindy.

The event will also feature a vintage clothing sale where visitors can buy fabulous fashions and designer frocks from yesteryear, donated by some of the country’s top vintage clothing boutiques including Vinchi, Rag and Magpie, Very Vintage Clothing, Rokit, and Pretty in Vintage.

To recreate the traditional tea-dance experience, visitors are invited to join the Boundary team in dressing to impress in traditional 1940s style clothing with a prize awarded for the most glamorous wartime Boundary Belle or Boundary Boy.

The fundraising event will culminate in a raffle to win a £500 bathroom makeover with the winner able to pick bathroom or kitchen products from a range of 100,000 items, including bathroom furniture, cabinets and bathroom TVs.

Refreshments and children’s face painting will be available throughout the day. Visitors will be invited to make a donation to Help For Heroes, which supports servicemen/women wounded in service.

All proceeds from the event and vintage clothing sale will go to the charity.

Neil Dent, chief executive, said: “It’s not every day you turn 65 so we wanted to mark the occasion by bringing the past back to life.

“We’re hoping to recreate a traditional 1940s tea-dance with war-time dancing and music - but with a few more ‘creature comforts’ than would have been available ‘back in the day’ – and to raise some money for an incredibly worthy cause.

“The war years were marked by an unbelievable spirit of community.

"We want to encourage the people of Lancashire to come together and ‘do their bit’ whilst having fun to support members of the Armed Forces who have been wounded in the service of their country.”

Public donations of good quality and designer vintage clothing and accessories are also welcomed and should be delivered to the showroom before the event.

The 1940s charity fundraising event is at Boundary Bathrooms showroom in Regent Street, Colne, on Saturday, September 24 from 9am until 6pm. Entrance is free.