This year at the Midsummer Fayre, members of the public are invited to buff up their bonnets and powder their periwigs to take part in the Jubilee Procession through the town at 1pm. The procession re-enacts a pageant that was held annually in Wellington at least up until the 1770s as part of a Whitsun event called the 'Wellington Jubilee'. Some of the same characters will be taking part, and those main roles are already sorted out, but there's plenty of room for some extras - be they daring highway men, be-wigged aristocrats or country maids.

How do you dress like a Georgian? Here are some tips on cheap and easy ways...

MEN & BOYS

Head gear: If you want to look like a wealthy gent, wear a curley white, grey, black or brown wig with a ribbon at the back. Otherwise, wear a tricon - the sort you can pick up in party shops in the pirates section for around £5. Or, make your own admiral's hat by cutting a slightly flattened semi-circle shape from a piece of black card, repeat, and staple both pieces together around the top, pitching in the front and back to fit your head and stapling again to hold it.

Top half: wear a plain white shirt - a couple of sizes too big if possible, to give it a blousey effect. Make some elaborate lacey cuffs by attaching a strip of net curtain around the ends of the sleeves. Create a ruffle by taking a strip of thin white material (eg from an old bedsheet) and wrapping it around your neck two or three times, before bringing the ends together so that they hang under the chin as a neck tie does. If you're dressing as a wealthy gent, add a piece of net curtain at both ends, slightly fanned, to finish it off. A shiny waistcoat for the toffs, a more rustic, plain waistcoat for the plebs and you're sorted.

Bottom half: men wore britches, so either take an old pair of trousers and cut them off just below the knee, or if its a pair you don't want to ruin, simply roll them up. Materials like corduroy or linen look particularly authentic, but any fabric (except denim!) will give you the overall effect. For the lower part of your legs, wear plain coloured stockings ideally, or plain football socks rolled up as high as they'll go. For upper crust gents, finish if off with some snazzy ribbon around the top of the stocking to act as a garter.

Shoes: plain black or brown

WOMEN & GIRLS 

Head gear: To look like a wealthy lady, wear a curley white or grey wig - the tall 'Marie-Anne Toinette' ones are best - these usually cost about £15 from fancy dress shops/websites. To be a more straight forward member of the masses, wear a mob cap (shower cap-shaped) or a bonnet - either white like a milk maid's, or wide-brimmed like Bo-Beep's. You can make your own by bending a piece of A4 card around your head, cutting away the sides from the front back towards your ears, and covering the top in a piece of old fabric, either plain coloured or floral. Punch a hole in both ends of the card where they meet below your chin, and secure with a short length of ribbon.

Top half: If you've gone for the aristocratic look, you'll need a fairly grand dress like those pictured below - and that's probably something best left to the experienced dress makers amongst you. Otherwise, as an ordinary townswoman, go for a simple, plain coloured top, frilly or with puffed-out sleeves if you have one. Some material drapped round your shoulders like a shawl works well.

Bottom half: a long, flowing skirt, finished off by a plain apron

Shoes: as for the men, keep it simple with plain back or brown