The fate of an unusual but striking presence in a Merseyside shopping centre that made parents lives easier has been the topic of speculation through the years.
KES, which stood for Kid Eating Snake, was the name of a much loved fixture at the Hardshaw shopping centre in St Helens in the 1980s and 1990s.
Local shoppers reminise about KES, the much loved serpent, who provided a welcome distraction for their children as they went about their business.