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In the background the crowd is gathering, and the awnings are being taken down off the bandstand. The music is about to begin.

This photograph shows Cornmarket Street running down to Carfax, with the outline of Tom Tower dominating St Aldates on the far side.

The small town of Watlington, at the foot of the Chiltern escarpment, used to be famous for its many inns.

This view, from the famous High and Over viewpoint on the South Downs, shows the big meanders and flat valley floor of the only undeveloped river-mouth in the south-east.

Note the bathing machines down by the water's edge on the extreme left.

The path leads down to the church of All Saints and St James the Greater.

Empty barges waiting to be towed back down the river are tied up at the embankment alongside the Portsmouth Road where it becomes the High Street.

A view across the River Bourne, a tributary of the Thames, with a hay cart fording the river and horse and cart and mounted horseman looking down from the bridge at the lower end of Brighton Road.

In direct contrast to the over-populated coastal plain, the South Downs remained relatively deserted for centuries, for sheep require very few human guardians.

It is in fact the surviving chancel of a larger building thrown down in the aftermath of the Civil War.

The famous South Downs Way long-distance trail runs along the top.

Here he wrote down 'Bushes and Briars', which he heard sung by villagers.

Paul is the mother village for Mousehole, which lies down on the coast below.

The Friendship Rowing club have moved their pontoon down river from their previous anchorage, as seen in

Pictured from the junction with the main road, the lane leads down past the cottages towards the village school.

At this time, the buildings on the right are awaiting their fate - they were eventually pulled down. But they themselves had their origins in encroachment on the original larger medieval market place.

Looking down towards St Andrew's Street, with First Court, the oldest part of Christ's College, in the distance. The Capital and Counties bank (now Lloyd's) and Post Office are in the foreground.

Another general view, this time of the tranquil Usk as it wends its way down towards the Severn estuary south of Newport, Gwent. The Usk rises south-west of Trecastle in Powys.

The five-arch bridge dates from the 13th century, although it has been widened and improved down the years.

This black weatherboarded smock windmill stands in a striking position on the South Downs, overlooking the coastline.

This tumble-down cottage had probably changed little since those stirring times.

Behind the coastline are beautiful gardens and walks to attractive spots in the locality, such as Bembridge Down and the Culver Cliffs.

Regular performers included the Royal Marine Band; the Bandstand was hit during the blitz and subsequently pulled down.

The village is perhaps best known for the RAF base nearby, now closed down and awaiting redevelopment.