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Butcher Row went long ago.

Just beyond R Arnold & Son's butcher's shop is a building that had been the village smithy. Ten years after this picture was taken, Ernest King, the Medstead blacksmith, died aged 70.

Next to the post office, Snow's the butchers were well-known for their Piggy Porker sausages - indeed, they used to advertise them on the side of their delivery-van.

Further down are Woolworth's and Dewhurst Butchers.

Next to the post office, Snow's the butchers were well-known for their Piggy Porker sausages - indeed, they used to advertise them on the side of their delivery-van.

Beyond the Midland Bank, the old Tremayne House has lost its upper floor, although Myners the butchers still occupy the shop below.

On the left is Hargraves the butcher with its adjoining off- licence (now a gift shop).

A look at the shop fronts is interesting, with names like Gilbeys, selling wines and spirits; the Home & Colonial Stores; Dewhursts the butcher's; and Drakes, selling coats and gowns, all reminding us

To the left is Musks, butcher and sausage makers, displaying their Royal Warrants.

Butcher Row went long ago.

Grand Parade (right), housing the post office and Arthur Hopkins' butcher's shop, was newly built at the time this picture was taken.

The shop front beyond belongs to Callis & Sons, a butcher's. On the right is the corner of the British Legion Hall, now much larger.

A butcher's delivery boy can be seen cycling down the road, more of the shop fronts are covered by awnings, and a uniformed policeman can be seen on the right.

On Main Street were the blacksmith, the wheelwright, the fishmonger, the butcher and the post office, which was run by Mr R Ireland in his general stores (right).

In the background is Holy Trinity Church, a most unusual building, which in the 1900s included a tobacconist, a bank, and two butchers' shops as component parts.

Behind the mini-van on the left, the Butchers Arms had replaced a much older half- timbered building damaged extensively by fire in 1939.

Opposite is H E Rose, the butcher. The market pump (right) stands outside Wright's newsagents shop.

The butcher's beyond has been rebuilt as a bank. Beyond it is the 16th-century Wagon and Horses -the livestock market was held in its yard.

This view was taken from the Obelisk, and shows the premises of E J Butcher & Son, bakers, on the left.

Along with a post office there were a grocery, a butcher's, a cobbler's, a tailor's and a baker's in the village at this time.

Next to Boots came the old-established drapers Lee & Clarke, then came the Public Benefit Boot & Shoe Co, Gaskell's the butchers, Hallett the jewellers (goldsmiths and silversmiths), Carter's Cafe and

The Rose and Crown brewers Nalder & Collyer have had their sign re-lettered, but the Greenstede Café is still at No 82 and the shop between Cromwell House and Sackville House is still a butcher's,

Shoppers calling into J Coomber the butcher (second on the right) had to rely on their bicycles to transport their goods home.

The Dog Inn is on the right, and Sanderson the Butcher is across the road on the corner.