The elm-lined trackway on Mash Barn Lane where these photographs were taken was cleared to make way for an access road to a football training centre. These images are all that remains of what was a distinctive and atmospheric lane. Elm has been one of the great casualties of the English landscape since Dutch Elm Disease swept through in the 1970s, and the loss of surviving mature trees to development makes records like this all the more significant.  © Ray Hamblett, Lancing, 2005 - 2026