Music in the Market 2010

Pictures of the tenth annual "Music in the Market" music festival. This is a great little festival featuring folk music as well as rock, seasoned and new up-and-coming bands. The weather was great, sunny but windy and it got cold as soon as the sun went down - as is to be expected in May. The festival attracted a good crowd from all age groups and by the evening everyone was dancing.







You can see more pictures on my flickr page if you like.

Braces Barbers

This house is situated on the corner of West Street and Castle Street. The little mini roundabout is very busy during the day, both West Street and Castle Street are very narrow, it's always interesting to watch lorries making their way through these streets.



This is a perfect spot to explore Buckingham a little further using Google Streetview: Have a go at a 360 degree turn yourself!



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Vinyl Riches

oasis

I always think how lovely it would be to have a house that backed onto the river. Of course our river floods every few years and I can't imagine the stress of my house being under threat every time the rains are heavy.

8 little cottages all in a row.

these little houses stand on a hill on Moreton Ave.

the bread man

If you're a fan of bread, rustic varieties, white loaves, cakes and other doughy wonderfulness you'll want to stop by this market stall.

the plant man

This market trader always has lovely plants and great prices.

fuchsias 5 for £5

1904

and here's where you can find this art nouveau gem...

chantry chapel book shop

On Tuesday and Saturday (our market days) Buckingham's Chantry Chapel opens its door and has a wide selection of books of every sort. It's the perfect place to pick up a novel for your holiday or a book on gardening or cookery... and its staffed by helpful volunteers.

Buckingham Railway Walk

Part of the Buckingham Circular walk, the Railway Walk is an oasis for wildlife in the middle of Buckingham. The path runs along the old railway line, which was dismantled in 1967.
The line is now completely overgrown and provides a nice wet woodland walk, with much of the original track below water. This is a nice, calm and cool place on a hot summer's day.





The walk also features a pond which is full of wildlife:


You can still see the original platform here:


You can read more about the railway line in Buckingham on wikipedia.

Chandos Road Houses

Here are numbers 16 and 15 on Chandos Road.



Detail shot of number 16:

23 Chandos Road

Chandos road developed when the railway arrived in Buckingham. It features a row of big Victorian houses.

Stratford Road

This house is at the end of a very old path that leads from Stratford Road up to Maids Moreton. The path looks like it was an avenue at some point that has now grown into woodland.

Buckingham Church

A view from Nelson Street, towards Rumbold's Street, showing St. Peter & Paul Church.

The Old Stables

This is the ruins of the old stables(?) near the Chantry Chapel in the town centre.

Saint Peter & Paul Church

looking up at the spire of Saint Peter & Saint Paul Church.

Buckingham Tuesday Street Market

This is a scene of the weekly Tuesday Street Market outside the Old Gaol. If you look closely you can see a camera woman, there to cover the general elections - taking place today.

Garden Cottage

Garden Cottage on a nice sunny morning...

Villiers Hotel

This is Villiers Hotel in Castle Street. This hotel used to be called Swan & Castle Hotel and Posting House. The term 'Posting House' comes from the days when it was a coaching inn and post horses were kept there.



You can read up on some more local history on the Villiers Hotel website

City Daily Photo: Statues

It's the first of the month and so that means Theme Day!

This is Buckingham's Concrete Swan... possibly hard to see from the photo but it depicts a swan with its head down feeding in the grasses of the river. You can one of Buckingham's resident swans in the background looking for lazy handouts instead.

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