Enjoy this selection of photographs of amazing animals and perfect pets, including a terrific tiger and a sneaky snake!
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Ornately adorned horses at the Makerfield ploughing match on land off Newton Road, Billinge, October 1986.
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Bob Ball and wife Betty, of Robin Hill West Farm at Standish, pictured with a prize pig, Bob was one of the agricultural world's best known pig men, pictured August 1993.
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Caroline Westhead, with Bactrian camels, Cleo and Caesar, introduced to Haigh Zoo in August 1981.
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Daniel Birchinall, three, cuddles Coco, a Capuchin monkey, at Haigh Zoo in 1992.