06/05/2026
Preston Village WI is so delighted to have a stall at Take Shelter at Downs Junior School this Saturday, we will be there from 10-4 selling jams , crafts and plants , please do pop along and take a look at this brilliant museum
🎖️WE ARE BACK!🎖️
Take Shelter! The ONLY school air raid shelter open in the South East.
📆Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th May
📆Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th May
⏰ 12pm to 4pm
📍 Downs Junior School (Ditchling Road Entrance), Brighton, BN1 6ED.
Come and join us for two jam packed weekends!
Featuring:
🔦 Tours of our fully restored underground museum packed with photographs, wartime scenes and poignant film and sound clips, including a realistic simulation of a short air raid complete with vibrations as the bombs drop nearby (TICKETS REQUIRED: Pre-booked or limited on the day).
🍰 A yummy selection of hot and cold food and drinks, including Mrs B’s famous cream teas from Mrs Button’s Tea Room.
☕️ Barista-style coffees.
🎪 Vintage fair games including hook-a-duck, tin can alley and smash and grab.
🎟️ Raffle including prizes from Wakehurst Place, Brighton Racecourse, Brighton Palace Pier and lots more!
💃🏼 Lots of music, dancing and tutorials from yours truly. Plus special performances from the school choir, Dance Art and Cat Club Swing.
🛍️ Take Shelter Gift Shop, a variety of vintage stalls plus an arts and crafts area.
🎞️ Visit our above ground WW2 museum and chat to our veterans.
💇🏼♀️ Have your hair styled just like the ladies in the 1940’s with our fabulous hair stylist - Hair by Marjorie Mayfair.
📣 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL! 📣
Join us on Saturday 9th May for a special day celebrating our 10 year anniversary! We will have military vehicles, a bouncy slide, Sussex Police, Unexploded Bomb Squad reenactment, The Royal Sussex Regiment, Brighton Toy Museum and more. Entrance will be via Grantham Road on this day.
Shelter tour tickets available here - https://www.brightonfringe.org/events/take-shelter/
Do come, you won’t regret it! See you there!❤️
