A SUCCESSFUL bidder can be forgiven if they hummed along to a certain catchy tune at a property auction.

Underneath the Arches, a musical hall song by Bud Flanagan in 1932, would have been the appropriate musical backdrop for an unusual lot in Hampshire snapped up by the buyer.

Converted from the arches of a large Victorian fort, units |1-17 The Galleries at Fort Fareham Industrial Estate, Fareham, went under the hammer with Clive Emson, the regional land and property auctioneers, for £75,000.

Occupiers are unaffected by the sale.

The lots were among 23 being sold at the Ageas Bowl, West |End.

Clive Emson’s next auction takes place at the same venue, at 11am on December 17.