FORDINGBRIDGE has gone back in time to mark the end of the First World War.

St Mary's Church was transformed over the weekend into 1918 Fordwick, and visitors were invited to step back in time to experience the village as the war came to an end.

The village included a dairy, sweet shop, railway station and Christmas fayre, and each afternoon horses would tour the town as part of the three-day festivities.

As well as commemorating 100 years since the end of the First World War, the Christmas village also held tributes to mark 100 years of the Royal Air Force and 100 years of the Suffragette movement.

Co-organiser Janet Newman said: “We are paying tribute to all those that fought and lost their lives in the war.

"Four years ago [1914], our lovely village was idyllic and at peace before the war broke out, now the village has been through the war with many tradesmen lost, so buildings have suffered and life has changed in many ways.”

On Saturday visitors were also entertained by Fordwick Remembers in Song, where the village choir took to the spotlight to celebrate the end of the war and the 1918 Christmas fast approaching.

Rector of the Avon Valley Partnership Canon Gary Philbrick said the event has been "tremendous", adding: "It's drawn so many different people together - those preparing the exhibits, people from far and wide who have visited and local schoolchildren who have spent time reflecting on what the end of the First World War must have meant to the communities back home.

"It's been a privilege to be a part of such a significant commemoration of the Armistice."

The commemorations will be bought to a close this Saturday (November 24), as Louise Jordan performs at her concert entitled No Petticoats Here, at St Mary's Church from 7pm.