Ronnie, Smart, c1930 - 2020
Person
Dates
- Existence: c1930 - 10 December 2020
Biography
Ronnie Smart was one of ten children by Billy Smart Snr. and wife Nelly Rigby 'Dolly. Ronnie took over the Billy Smart's Cirus with his brothers upon their father's death in 1966, after having worked in the family business since childhood. Ronnie married Kay (c1935-2016), a trapeze artist and animal trainer and they had two sons, Gary and Lord.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Christopher Palmer Collection
Fonds
Reference code: NFA0105
Scope and Contents
Circus programmes and VHS tapes from Billy Smart’s Circus and Chipperfields’s Circus collected during the 1970s and early 1980s by the TV producer, Christopher John Palmer. There are also a number of promotional photographs of artistes and other ephemera related to the circus.
Dates:
1973 - 1983
Found in:
National Fairground and Circus Archive