Elephant at The Moorings

The Moorings, at the Leamington end of Myton Road, is actually in Warwick, but it's right on the border, so I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt.

A life size, reasonably realistic model elephant has appeared in The Moorings' car park.

N.B. Leamington has many associations with elephants:

• In the mid 1800s there was a permanent circus on Victoria Colonnade, where the Loft Theatre is today. Circus elephants were housed at the North end of the parade and were regularly led through town to the Mill Bridge wier to bathe -- the slip is still called the Elephant Walk


• One such circus elephant was buried under what is now the Warwickshire College car park, while another was reputedly buried in the grounds of Elephant House on Warwick New Road


• Model elephants adorn the Thai Village restaurant


• Chang beer is Leamington's municipal beer (Warwick gets all the real ale honours), imported as it is by Globe Trading of High Street, Leamington. Chang's trademark incorporates two elephants.

Did I miss any?