A 1940s themed tea party designed to help combat loneliness and isolation among elderly people took place in a Norfolk village.
The session, put on by Apple Homecare in Blofield, included a musical quiz and sing-a-long, as well as union jack bunting and historic items, including ration books, to look at.
Organiser and Apple Homecare manager Jo Ardrey said: 'One of the people here today had dementia and wasn't able to talk about her memories, but when the music came on she was clapping her hands and singing along, she really came alive.'
There was a spread of home-made cakes, snacks and wine provided on a union jack tablecloth.
Mrs Ardrey encouraged participants to share and discuss their war-time memories at the event on Thursday.
Edna Adams, 89, told a story about an evacuee boy in Kent, where she grew up, who did not know what a chicken was.
Mrs Adams, a Blofield resident, said she felt her family was extremely lucky during the war in that no-one in her family was hurt, despite a few near misses, and her brothers being posted abroad for its duration.
One of her favourite recollections was of soldiers coming to her parents' house for 'a lovely sing-along'.
'Those were good memories,' she said.
But Irma Northmore, 85, said her memories were 'completely different'.
Mrs Northmore, who is Italian, remembered suddenly being considered the enemy when the war broke out.
When her father was interned for his nationality, she remembered being told: 'Shush, there's a war on and we're on the wrong side.'
Speaking about current global affairs, Mrs Northmore said: 'Why can't we all talk together and have a discussion?
'Can't we do that? We are adults.'
Mrs Ardey has successfully run memory sessions in a previous job, and hopes to continue them at Apple Homecare in the future, with dates booked once a month up to October.
She said: 'With lunch clubs and day centres closing down I'm trying to give a little back.
'I think it went well, they seemed to enjoy it and we gave them all little presents at the end.'
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