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Polar bears, brown bears and black bears were all kept in the same rather basic enclosure at the Flamingo Zoo Park at Kirby Misperton, between York and Malton, when this picture was taken.

Bears had long been abused by Londoners.

The two oldest buildings in Congleton are both inns, the White Lion near the Town Hall and the Lion and Swan shown here. However, Congleton is known as the Bear Town.

However, the town bear suddenly died, leaving the town facing something of a dilemma. With only enough cash to buy either the Bible or a new bear, the choice was simple: a new bear.

Bears had long been abused by Londoners.

Bears had long been abused by Londoners.

The town still retains a large number of half-timbered buildings, including several inns, such as the Bell, the Wheatsheaf, Ye Olde Berkeley Arms and the Black Bear.

The houses past Burr Meadow and the Windmill pub (left) are known locally as the Three Bears - Little Bear, Middle Bear (Ivy Cottage) and Big Bear (Standon House).

Stagecoaches regularly passed through so that the Bear's Paw Inn (on the left) was built in 1632 to serve this trade.

The historic Bear Inn on the right with its brown bear pub sign was an old coaching inn, and dates back to the 13th century.

Frodsham was once an important town for stagecoaches, with a number of coaching inns such as the Bear's Paw (the stone gabled building on the left of the picture).

Further down the street we can see the distinctive sign of the Bear Inn.

This view was taken looking south to the Bear Hotel at the top end of the car park. The new Bear Hotel was built some time after 1750 by John Provis, a painter, and leased out.

In the foreground stands the Bear Hotel, formerly The Bear's Head, built around 1868, with its mock-Tudor façade.

Note the lovely horse and coach, which belongs to the Bear Hotel.

Now known as the Bear of Rodborough, this has been a stopping place for centuries, and played an important part as a collecting point for carrier services in this area of steep hills.

Tasker's bridge bears the date 1843.

It was known for its well-kept lions and polar bears.

Bearing in mind the fact that you cannot get much flatter than Fenland, just look at the height of the TV aerials!

The Bear is recorded as an inn back in 1751.

We are close to Blackpool and Garstang. The old road curved through Little and Great Eccleston, but the by-pass of 1940 split these two villages.

Pewsey is a small town in the middle of the Vale that bears its name, noted for its white horse cut into the downland at Milk Hill.

Tower Bridge was built for horse-drawn vehicles, but by 1920 it had to bear increasing numbers of motor cars. This view was probably taken from a moored ship near Billingsgate Market.

The swanky Imperial still occupies this site just round the corner from the harbour; it now bears little resemblance to the original Victorian building.