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Peaky Blinders the fashion at charity fundraiser

The flat caps and trench coats were out as the 1920s was the fashion at a Peaky Blinders night.

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Peaky Blinders fans got into character at Molineux

More than 100 people turned out for the event at Molineux to support a new mental health charity.

Extras from the hit show, which is filmed partly at the Black Country Living Museum, were at the event along with band the Peaky Blonder, who performed songs from the programme.

Those who attended took the chance to dress up as gangsters and molls and become part of the Shelby gangster clan for the night.

The evening was hosted by Wolverhampton-based charity S4S Foundation, which was recently set up to try and help people with mental health problems.

Director Jill Purcell said: "We were set up to have a positive impact on people suffering with poor mental health and wellbeing and also to increase employability chances.

"The event was to help us get some funding to help us get off the ground. We are trying to raise the profile and we want to engage with a lot of local companies and get some sponsorship.

We chose Peaky Blinders because of how popular the show is, and people like to dress up. It was a bit of fun.

"We had about 120 people come along and it went well. It was good to have a theme, people enjoyed that.

"We had extras from the show - the Black Country Peakies - some of them work at the Black Country Living Museum and the Peaky Blonders sang the songs from the programme."

Jill, from Wolverhampton, has worked with schools for around 30 years and has seen the impact of mental health problems.

She said: "A lot of families are in a desperate situation. I have seen how difficult it is for kids and their parents to cope. There seems to be an increase in people who are poorly with mental health issues. It is my way of putting something back in."