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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