It is not uncommon while playing Monopoly to see a tiny dog straddling the Old Kent Road while an iron lands on a hotel in Mayfair and a top hat is sent straight to jail.

In a real-life enactment of Brighton and Hove's own version of the game, however, the pewter tokens were replaced by musicians carrying brass instruments.

Instead of collecting £200 for passing Go the Brighton and Hove City Brass band were rewarded with cheers from onlookers as they visited every location on the city's Monopoly board.

For eight hours members marched through the streets, giving away free Monopoly games and becoming the first group to complete the "board walk".

Well, almost.

For while they managed the Marina, the Volks Railway, the Pavilion and many other landmarks, they missed out the water works.

The band had hired an open-top bus and whenever they came to a location used in Brighton and Hove Monopoly they stopped, got out and belted out Sussex by the Sea, All that Jazz, In the Navy and a number of other show-stoppers.

Their impromptu concerts delighted shoppers and livened up the day for train travellers at Hove and Brighton stations.

The musicians fulfilled a special request when they stopped at Brighton Marina and played Happy Birthday and Congratulations for a yachtsman hosting a birthday party.

The marathon day began with a drive down Boundary Road, Hove.

Coronet player Heather Boyling said: "We got the idea from a band in Oxford who did a similar thing and we believe we are the first group in Brighton and Hove to literally play the Monopoly board. Our most popular number was Sussex by the Sea.

"It was a fund and profile-raising event for our band. We did our best to play most squares on the Brighton and Hove Monopoly board but we missed out London Road station and the water works.

"We had a great time but after playing for eight hours we were tired.

"As most of us are local, we knew the sights."

After Boundary Road, the band visited Hove Lagoon before stops at Hove station and George Street.

After a performance outside The Grand, the band serenaded passers-by in bustling Queens Road and stopped off at Brighton station.

There was a lunch stop at Preston Park and an opportunity to play for theatregoers attending the matinee performance of Madama Butterfly at the Theatre Royal.

Then it was off to the Sea Life Centre, Palace Pier, and Volks Railway, where the weary musicians put their feet up for a free ride to the marina.

More details about Brighton and Hove City Brass can be found on www.brightonbrass.co.uk