They should bring back the owls, they were really good in the summer.
I love the bull, it's great that you get to interact with it, as you say, and I think it looks especially great in the natty outfits that get made for it in the winter
As for the Golden Boys, they are currently in the same position - for now at least - but are surrounded by fences and building works again
At least they don't have road cones on their heads like they seemed to for most of the '80's and '90's.....