For the children, there were the finals of the annual talent competition, as well as a Punch and Judy show and the have-a-go antics of the Satellites Oojah Band.

You'll get a chance to have a closer look when Mariposa, Petals and Oojah of Hexham bring their wares to Newcastle and join up with Selah of Brentwood Avenue and Just Kidding of Gosforth for a fashion show to support the volunteer-run RVI Radio Lollipop.

{5} Technological developments in wartime led to many new words entering the vocabulary (or gaining much broader currency): people became more familiar with the jargon of air flight, soldiers had names for the various military developments from guns to gas warfare, and words like " oojah " (short for "oojah-ma-pivvy") became current to refer to any "thingummyjig" when the vocabulary failed.

There were annuals based on newspaper strips, names that chime down the years: Bobby Bear, the Mail's Teddy Tail, Uncle Oojah , Japhet and Happy (Noah's kids), the Daily Mirror's Pip, Squeak and Wilfred - but of them all only Rupert still ambles around Nutwood 82 years after he first appeared in the Daily Express.

Billy Bunter, Teddy Tail, Pansy Potter, Uncle Oojah , Ally Sloper and Felix the Cat are all featured here, drawn by their creators.