Belle Vue Circus Poster, 23 December 1971 - 6 February 1972

Item

Reference code: 178R47.1115

Scope and Contents

Manchester. Roberts Bros lions presented by Captain Syd Howes, Peter Bento musical clown, Manuela trapeze artist, 4 Rosarios ladder of fame, Smarts liberty horse presented by Yasmin and Jennie, Rybecks boxing bears, acrobatic Atlantas, 6 Biros, Bento and Co comedy boxing, clowns Jacko, Noe-Noe, Alby and Little Billy, Les Cordena dancing girls, Bassi, Tarras Boulba, Steckel magic, 2 Galettis live wire act, Smarts 5 elephants presented by Billy Wilson Smart. Blue background, woman on tightrope dressed in pink, clown in yellow watching and clapping

Dates

Creation: 23 December 1971 - 6 February 1972

Creator

From the Series: Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) (Organisation)
From the Series: Astley's Amphitheatre (1773 - 1891) (Organisation)
From the Series: Fanque, Pablo, 1810 - 1871 (Person)
From the Series: Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) (Organisation)
From the Series: Ducrow, Andrew (1793-1842) (Person)
From the Series: Cooke's Royal Circus (c1780 - 1908) (Organisation)
From the Series: Hengler Grand Cirque (1844 - 1924) (Organisation)
From the Series: Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) (Organisation)
From the Series: Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) (Organisation)
From the Series: Gerry Cottle's Circus (1974 - 2003) (Organisation)
From the Series: Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) (Organisation)
From the Series: Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) (Organisation)
From the Series: Robert Brothers Circus (Established 1944) (Organisation)
From the Series: Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) (Organisation)
From the Series: Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (Established 1903) (Organisation)
From the Series: Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) (Organisation)
From the Series: Austen Brothers Circus (Established 1974) (Organisation)
From the Series: Polito's Menagerie (c1810 - 1830) (Organisation)
From the Series: Drury Lane Theatre (Established c1660) (Organisation)
From the Series: Royal Exeter Menagerie (1773 - 1829) (The Strand, London) (Organisation)
From the Series: The Agricultural Hall (1862 - 1943) (Organisation)
From the Series: Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) (Organisation)
From the Series: Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Circus (Established c1957) (Organisation)
From the Series: W. E. Berry Ltd (1888 - 2004) (Organisation)
From the Series: The Great Carmo's Circus and Menagerie (1927 - 1937) (Organisation)
From the Series: David Smart's Super Circus (c1980 - 1983) (Organisation)
From the Series: Battersea Park Amusement Park (1858 - 1972) (Organisation)

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