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Showing posts with label Chipperfields. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chipperfields. 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...
Wednesday, 15 June 2016

Tommy Chipperfield - Interview with a Tiger Trainer

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Tommy Chipperfield in the 1980s The name Chipperfield is synonymous with the circus. Tommy Chipperfield was born into the family ...
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Monday, 29 February 2016

Trump wasn't the only politician who loved elephants

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As Westminster debates a ban on wild animals on the circus this Friday and the Welsh Assembly is midway through a study designed to int...
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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Saturday, 17 May 2014

Circus Stamps

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Step right up to get a new set of US postage stamps celebrating the art of the great American circus poster . A set of eight stamps ea...
Sunday, 11 May 2014

Thomas Chipperfield's lions and tigers relax backstage at the circus

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Tsavo , named after a place in Kenya where the lions are said to grow especially big, relaxes before the show ...and born show off ...
Thursday, 8 May 2014

Thomas Chipperfield's circus lions and tigers

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King of the Cage Thomas Chipperfield  brings big cats back to Britain Just back from  Peter Jolly's Circus , where  Thomas Chipp...
Friday, 2 May 2014

Circus directory 2014

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How many circuses can you see in Britain this year? According to the circus diaries blog, there are more than 50 . Clicking through the...
Monday, 17 June 2013

Chipperfields - Europe's largest animal circus

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Circus animals are thin on the sawdust these days - you may find a few horses or dogs in a British big top if you’re lucky. ...
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