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Before becoming a municipal park, these grounds were a nursery and market garden, whose business included the growing of liquorice plants.

Sherborne Park separated the village into east and west ends back in the 14th century, but there is a uniformity throughout of well restored cottages, fronted by long well stocked gardens and bounded by

A crowd of 70,000 cheered the Prince and Princess of Wales, who were also here to open the Bradford Exhibition at Lister Park.

And there are no skateboards or litter in this park scene from a more orderly age.

The horse-drawn carts are parked outside the photographic shop of Hollis Wilkins, which advertises 'Life-sized Heads, Direct from Life'.

This bridge linked long-established footpaths crossing Dogmersfield Park to Odiham Common; they had become divided by the construction of the Basingstoke Canal.

A line of parked cars, and a frozen foods van making a delivery, marks this mid-summer morning scene along the shopping centre of the village which, at the time, was already rapidly expanding.

Three young ladies, together with their doll's pram, sit in front of a statue which still adorns the People's Park.

In the foreground is Wycombe Wanderers' first ground, Adams Park, seen here in its early days.

Notice the early marked parking spaces in the street below.

Notice the early marked parking spaces in the street below.

Newnham Paddling Pool in Lammas Land, pictured here with just a small handful of die-hard paddlers and bathers, and a park keeper looking on.

Judging by the parked cars, it is not a market day.

A splendid view down the High Street from the church tower in those halcyon days when there were fewer cars on the road - and when parking a motor vehicle presented few problems.

The Rock Gardens at Oak Hill Park, Broadway, with its new Arndale Centre, the bus station and St James' Chruch are all proudly portrayed here, with the Market Hall in the centre.

Also known locally as the Armoury, this castellated building stands at the entrance to Cirencester Park and was built in 1856.

Library Gardens survives as part of a larger park behind the Churchill Theatre, which incorporates the modern library.

Some parked cars are in evidence; otherwise the scene is delightfully quiet compared to today.

Beer is not in any sense a holiday resort, though many cottages are to let and there are caravan parks nearby.

Beer is not in any sense a holiday resort, though many cottages are to let and there are caravan parks nearby.

The village pump, situated at the junction of Park Street and Grove Road, is over 300 years old and a listed structure.

This little pool fills up with all manner of water fowl; it has become a popular stopping- off place for coast road travellers, who feed the ducks and have an ice cream from the van parked

Architecturally, little has changed: the view is now merely cluttered by motor vehicles, parked or moving.

Note the motorbike and sidecar which is parked up in the centre of the view, and the milk churn on a wooden stand, presumably waiting for collection.