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Showing posts with label Billy Smart's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Billy Smart's. Show all posts
Friday, 15 December 2023

Who will fill their circus shoes? RIP Phillip Gandey, John Haze, Gerry Cottle and Nell Gifford

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It was a shock this week to hear of the death of Phillip Gandey (pictured above with the cast of Gandeys Circus ) at the tragically young a...
Monday, 31 October 2016

Yasmin Smart remembers her grandfather Billy Smart

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In an interview that first appeared in the Daily Telegraph , the circus equestrian and ring-mistress Yasmin Smart recalls her grandfather,...
Wednesday, 11 May 2016

A Pictorial History of Gerry Cottle's Circus and The Posters of Billy Smart's Circus

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The Wells, Somerset postmark meant the sturdy package could only have come from one man: Britain's most legendary living show...
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Sunday, 17 January 2016

The Guv'nor, Billy Smart

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This fine portrait of arguably Britain's most famous circus owner, Billy Smart , was painted by Terence Cuneo and appears in Steve...
Wednesday, 18 June 2014

The 100-year battle to ban animals in entertainment

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How the Daily Mail reported the return of elephants to the Great British Circus in 2009 The first calls to ban performing animals...
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Monday, 26 May 2014

Circus war in Norfolk

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Are the more than 50 circuses in the UK this year ( click here for the full list ) too many for our small island? Earlier this m...
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Thursday, 24 April 2014

Rod Stewart and Elton John visit the circus!

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Recalling the days when big stars and big tops rubbed shoulders much more frequently, here's Rod Stewart and Elton John dropping i...
Friday, 23 August 2013

DVD Review of The British Circus 1898 - 1972

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Ladies and gentlemen... boys and girls... roll up, roll up for a journey through more than 80 years of circus history as ca...
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