The Grassington Festival Society have been awarded a grant that will allow them to carry out a concert in celebration of the 60th anniversary of WW2. The event will have music from the John Miller Orchestra who is the nephew of Glenn Miller and will be music from the era. An exhibition will also be present and local people will write their memories of the war to contribute to the exhibition and will also record these on disk so that they will available for schools and libraries for future reference.