PROUDLY crouched next to a piece of history, Raymond Walters held a book that contains the famous King and Country debate of 1933.

Mr Walters, who was in charge of the Oxford Union Society's library, was pictured in July 1973 next to the book in the New Library.

It was part of an exhibition as part of the society's 150th birthday celebrations, and marked the first time the union's treasures were put on display for the public to see.

The debate was one of the most widely reported discussions at the union, when the motion that 'this House will in no circumstances fight for its King and Country' was carried by 275 votes to 153.