IT was a sign of times perhaps, and the changes which have overtaken Britain since the Queen celebrated her silver jubilee in 1977.

The stalls and vehicles in and around Vicar Street serving food and drink during Monday's jubilee celebrations boasted an international flavour as well as offering traditional English fare.

Taste of America offered beefburgers opposite ice cream merchant Antonio's Super Whip.

Around the corner in Vicar Street, cappuccinos and caffe lattes were helping to keep out the cool and the drizzle, while further down, the Sizzling Bull was giving customers the option of curry sauce with their chips.

Flying the flag for English tucker was The Olde Spit Roast which was doing a roaring trade with "hog".