LYTHAM'S annual open air art exhibition takes place at Hastings Place, Lytham, this weekend.

It is expected around 300 paintings by up to 30 local artists will be on display on August 18 and 19.

For 31 years the Lytham St Annes Art Society has delighted the public and raised funds for many worthy charities by holding their annual open air exhibition.

The Society's income from commission on sales is donated to a chosen charity. The last completed charity project was to finance a Talking Book for the Blind. This year the beneficiary will be Trinity Hospice.