Wolstenholme's elephant?
 

There's definitely something at the bottom of Willows Lane Darby!

In front of Wolstenholme's Funeral Parlour there is a sort of glass gazebo which has housed floral arrangements in the past. There now seem to be several chickens, a fox and other small creatures plus what appears to be an elephant under a cloth. (life size baby elephant)

Can anyone enlighten me?

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Are you sure there's not a python? They blend in well, you know.

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For all I know there could be a python under that cover. All you can see is the back end of the elephant (ie bum and tail)

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It is an elephant.. I've been driving past there quite a lot lately. During the day it is uncovered and in the evening they cover it up for the night! :) Quite good of them really...

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Are they slowly morphing from a funeral parlour into a taxidermist's????????

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yep your right roy it is an elephant, i saw it to-day & yes theres cockerals & various other stuffed animals in there, was wondering if he' doing funerals for animals too //

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Well, there's a fine line between embalming and taxidermy you know ....

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I have just been past this morning and saw the elephant without its cloth cover. I find it even more puzzling that they cover it up at night and uncover it during the day. I'm tempted to phone them up and ask but I feel like I would probably sound stupid. "Scuse me, why have you got an elephant and several chickens in your gazebo?"

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No problem. Tell them you are a researcher from the University of Central Lancashire and you are writing a thesis on "the social implications of domesticated and undomesticated wildlife in a bereavement setting: - costs and benefits, a wider appreciation". They'll open up like nobody's business. I guarantee, if you tell people you are writing a thesis, they will tell you the most amazing personal details, and I mean amazing. Retirement plan no. 2 is to write a book about it.

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Oh please can we all see? Anyone able to take a piccy please?

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I never thought of that! I'll try to pop down there again later today, germs permitting.

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Unfortunately the elephant was covered this afternoon.

Considering I'd dragged my poor germ ridden coughing, sneezing and sniffling self down the road to take a photo of it I wasn't going to be deterred - Ok, I know you can't see much but hopefully on Monday it will be uncovered and I'll take another one.

Unfortunately the last one is full of reflections in the glass.

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Thank you willow...............Taking your condition into account I appreciate the effort even more, you good un. Has for you cold, that’s carnforth for you, told you should have taken a duffel Coat and you heavy duty underwear...

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:)It wasn't so much Carnforth as the Sunday evening Light & Water Festival in Morecambe! It poured with rain!!!!!

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well they cant put bodys in the window.so animals will have to do