A look at how people celebrated the big events over the past one hundred years, from birthday parties to the Festival of Britain.

Throughout the year, across the country, and around the world, people come together to celebrate occasions such as holidays, natural events, sports victories, and life milestones. Celebrations enable people to have a good time and demonstrate what is important to them and their culture. Here we see how Yorkshire celebrates its Black Dyke Mills Brass Band, as well as royal visits and Jubilees, in style.

A look at how people celebrated the big events over the past one hundred years, from Royal visits to birthday parties. Using archive film, the programme remembers the George and Mary Jubilee celebrations in the village of Kirkheaton near Huddersfield in 1937, celebrates a post-war birthday party in the rural charm of Kettelwell in North Yorkshire, and recalls the first international tour for fifty years undertaken by the Black Dyke Mills Brass Band. Part two takes a journey through Hull in 1957 with the police outrider who followed the Queen's visit. A 1951 Festival of Britain celebration by workers at a South Yorkshire steel factory, and the first ever Spalding Flower Parade caught on film.