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...that the four lions surrounding the Obelisk Commemorating Roger Barnston (pictured) have been described as either mourning or snoozing?
...that Bryony Page is Great Britain's first-ever Olympic medalist in trampolining?
...that when Lady Mary Calverley built Oddfellows' Hall in Chester in 1676, she was fined £20 because it caused the loss of a portion of the Chester Rows?
...that listed buildings in Peckforton include a carved stone elephant bearing a replica of a medieval castle?

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