WojciechZ published Why are there big bells on pavements all over Surrey?

Whether you have driven or walked past them there is a fair chance that at some point you will have noticed some of the large bells on pavements in Redhill, Reigate, Horley and other towns in Surrey. Are they a tourist attraction? Is there some important unexplained role they play? Or did they simply fall from the sky and been wedged there ever since?We decided to look into it and found that they do actually have a valid use.So what are they?To put it simply, they're bollards, just like the long...

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