VINTAGE buses, military vehicles and a funfair are among the attractions at the third New Ferry festival this weekend.

Classic cars, live music and a dog show will also feature during the event, taking place on Saturday and Sunday in the town's precinct.

Organised by New Ferry Residents Association it aims to lift community spirits and show the town is open for business after the devastating explosion on March 25, 2017, and for everyone to have some fun.

The military vehicles, classic cars and stalls will all be positioned along Bebington Road.

The stalls will be selling a variety of sweets, home-made cakes, delicious chocolates, home made ice creams and more.

A team of WW2 re-enactors will be located at Underley Terrace with their period camp and displays featuring a replica Second World War anti-tank gun, whilst a Women's Land Army team will show one of the roles women played during those dark days of wartime.

The dog show - being judged by Radio Merseyside presenter Roger Phillips will take place at 2.30pm close to Underley Terrace, and there will be circus acts and a Punch & Judy Show by Fernando Dominguez.

There will also be music in the precinct from a variety of local singers including Ragamuffin, Valin Gooden, Chasing Rubies, Stephanie Boardman, Creaking Gates, Bleeding Violets, Ian/Luke Cowell, and Paul Barker.

The Wirral Sign Choir will perform on Saturday from 11.30am.

Complete Works will hopefully perform at 12 midday Saturday.

There will be free guided bus tours of Port Sunlight Village on a vintage bus, leaving Boundary Road bus stop each day of the festival at 12 midday and 2.30pm.

Mark Anthony Craig, chair of New Ferry Residents Association, said: "We learned an important lesson in June when we had to postpone the festival because of torrential rain.

"Always have a back-up plan!

"Fortunately, this time, we made a separate application to Wirral Borough Council to hold the event in the precinct close to the March 2017 explosion site if the park became waterlogged again.

"Unfortunately the park is poorly drained, so the rain we have had in recent days has been sufficient to turn the park into a soggy sponge once more and it will not dry out in time for us to hold our annual festival.

"Despite the sunny weather forecast for this weekend, the park is so wet there would be a risk to public safety.

"The festival is still going on, but in an alternative, drier location and the entire community is working together to make sure 'the show must go on'".