Frederick the Great Hercule A Lancia Lambda being driven

A Lancia Lambda being driven through water

Above are English and Union flags with laurels at the top of the oval surround

or Siberian big horn sheep (Ovis nivicola)

BR standard class 7 steam locomotive 70013 Oliver Cromwell crosses Lydgate viaduct between Todmorden and Burnley with a Roche valley Society special to Southport

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