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Ornate arbours and a Moorish-style pavilion provided seats sheltered from the wind and a floral hall hosted shows and concerts.

The thatched arbour has recently been restored.

They wear late 15th-century armour and strike the two bells on the quarter hour.

Bovington is the home of the popular tank museum, where a great many tanks and armoured military vehicles can be seen.

Bovington Camp dates back to the First World War, and is the home of the Royal Armoured Corps. The surrounding heathland is heavily used for tank training.

In full armour, knights rode down the lists, trying to unhorse one another with lances. The castle is now a ruin.

This statue by Brock is of Edward of Woodstock, better known as the Black Prince on account of his black armour.

This statue by Brock is of Edward of Woodstock, better known as the Black Prince on account of his black armour.

A 25-pounder gun and a Saladin armoured car are preserved on the site.

The alabaster effigies of the armour-clad John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, and his wife Margaret lie recumbent on their elaborate 15th-century tomb in the presbytery.

'Gentlemen are our best customers. Ladies have sometimes said: "A penny, my poor girls, here's three-halfpence for the bunch". Or they have given me the price of two bunches for one'.

During the Second World War, there was an encampment of the Black Watch Regiment here: they kept their armoured vehicles on the green, and had their canteen in the village hall.

Eglinton was the scene of the famous tournament of 1839, when knights in armour once again showed their skill at arms. The castle was gutted in c1930.

It fired a heavy, hard-hitting bolt that could penetrate armour at ranges up to 250 yds.

HMS 'Belleisle' was a coast defence central battery armoured ship.

When built they were rated as first-class cruisers; however, they were under-gunned, mounting only 8 x 4-inch, 8 x 3-pdrs and 2 x 14-inch torpedo tubes, and their deck armour was only two inches thick

Classical statues are placed at each end of the building, and stone knights in armour stand in protective pose near the main entrance.

Another effigy portrays a knight who probably fought in the Wars of the Roses, for the links of the chain attached to his armour are joined by the roses of York.

Somewhere along this steeply-sloping, shingle beach the armoured legionaries from Julius Caesar's invading army waded ashore in 55BC.

Somewhere along this steeply-sloping, shingle beach the armoured legionaries from Julius Caesar's invading army waded ashore in 55BC.

Another recreation ground available to Rugbeians was the Whitehall Recreation Ground on Hillmorton Road, which housed a 28-ton, armoured First World War tank presented to the town in 1919,

Later, the Belgian Brigade's armoured car division were also billeted at Coney Beach until the unit left Porthcawl in 1942.

The Majestics carried over 4000 tons of armour plate, varying in thickness from 4 inches on the deck slopes to 14 inches on the conning tower and barbettes.

A flotilla of assorted sailing vessels speed on the ebb tide towards the light house marking the harbour entrance, whilst a lone sculler (to the lower left) makes ponderous progress as he battles with