The Best Circus Pictures of 2013

Continuing my look back at a great year in circus, here are some of the best pictures that appeared on the Circus Mania blog in 2013. Click on the captions to read the stories.

Life on a knife board

- Circus acts of the 30s and 40s

Putting up the Russells big top

On the road with Britain's oldest circus family

Lacey's lions and ladies

The big cats return to the British big top

Danny Adams in the Funniest Show on Earth

When Circus Space was a power station

A sight to gladden any showman's heart

- the crowds queue up for Zippos

Roll up, roll up... for more great circus pictures and stories on the Circus Mania blog in 2014!

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