I TOOK my family (two sons) to the 1940s weekend on the East Lancashire steam railway. What a waste of £42.

The boys like to see different uniforms.

The “ban” kept everyone who does dress in German uniform away.

I have friends who dress this way and stay in hotels in Bury for the full three days.

The Jewish community may be offended but they are only a small part of a much bigger community.

Don’t we have a say?

I, as an animal lover, could have been offended by the 1940s fashion of wearing fur stoles but I can do no more than try to bring them to life then I can banish the 1940s. It did exist.

My children learn from these weekends, things they do not learn in school.

There are sickening crimes committed every day in the North West, should we not concentrate on that instead of symbolic uniforms? The evil of the Nazis has gone.

One side of a football game does not result in a match.

Weekends from the 1940s need both sides to strike a balance.

I won’t be going again.

John Hardwick.