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Early visitors were confronted for the first time with exotic bears, kangaroos, zebras, llamas and an ostrich.

On the left, a striped post bearing the red torch of Lancashire County Council denotes a school ahead.

Two storey offices screen the vast factory behind, where bearings and specialist steel castings and fabrications are made.

The full-length figure (which bears the arms of FitzOsbert of Drogheda) is probably a replacement procured by the Lord Deputy, Sir Henry Sidney, when the original effigy was broken when the south nave

St Chad's Church in Farndon is one of the few that still carries out a rush-bearing ceremony each year: fresh rushes are brought into the church, and also laid on the paths and graves outside.

The 7th-century St Cadfan's Stone, in the church, is thought to bear the earliest example of written Welsh.

Next door to the Bear Hotel is Kirkland's the chemist's. Evans's tobacconist's and sweet shop next to the chemist's also did removals, and the tall end building was a café.

Meanwhile the collection of cars, bikes, pedestrians and perambulators and even a traffic light bear witness to the changing times.

The plaque in the centre of Hazelwood Terrace bears the date 1889. The house at the right has a sign for W A Tattersall, a coal merchant.

In keeping with the Duke is the imposing old coaching inn that bears his name, the Wellington Hotel (left).

Five bridges step over the Windrush in Bourton before it flows on downstream to the village that bears its name, and then to Barrington, Burford and Witney to join the Thames.

The Council Offices are on the right, bearing a datestone of 1913. Before that date, meetings of the Garstang Rural District Council were held at the King's Arms Hotel.

On the north side of the north chapel is a tomb in memory of Richard Strode (died 1464); this bears an unusual representation of the Holy Trinity, showing God holding a crucifix between his knees and

Its replacement was this column, 60 feet high and bearing the following inscription: 'This column was erected by the trustees of the Liverpool Docks, by the permission of John Shaw Leigh, Esq,

Inside is the Oval Hall, where up to 2,800 people can be seated for concerts.The front of the hall still bears the scars of the night during World War Two when a bomb landed to the side of the War

Back on the A24 London to Worthing Road, and north of Capel, is Beare Green with the Duke's Head pub.

It had first to be extracted from rich mineral-bearing stone. This was mined locally both at Saltwick and Sandsend, and provided welcome employment for the local menfolk.

The public infirmary, with just twelve beds, was established in 1752 in a house in Withy Grove, but was replaced by a 80-bed hospital in Piccadilly in 1755, where it remained for over 150 years.

Rush bearing continued into the 19th century.

In the churchyard a tombstone to Martha Hiron, who died in 1708, bears this verse: 'Here lieth a virgin pure and chaste, Who did not want her time to waste.

The church of All Saints at the east end of the village began as a chapel in 1847, increasing in size fifty years later.

The builder, Joseph Aloysius Hansom, had in 1836 patented the new safety cab bearing his name.

The house occupied by the courageous window-cleaner (centre) bears a 1716 datestone, and its neighbour (then, as now, housing the Royal Air Force Association) a datestone for 1663.

The adjacent tobacconist's premises bears numerous advertisements for assorted products, while on the opposite side of the street, the hardware store displays some of its stock, including a roll