Wikipedia tells me - "In 1564 the midsummer watch parade included: 4 gyants, 1 unikorne, 1 dromodarye, 1 luce, 1 camell, 1 dragon, 6 hobbyhorses and 16 naked boys". This is the midsummer watch parade at Chester, a ritual believed to have begun in 1498, with the outstanding features of the show (being) the Giants - enormous structures made of buckram and pasteboard and carried by two or more men.

Chester is a pretty town on the Wales border, full of original Tudor style buildings and Roman ruins. And a lovely river Dee on which to cruise on a warm Saturday afternoon...

read more about Chester and the midsummer watch parade on my travel blog Itchy Feet here...