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Jean Samuels: Dear Don Regarding William Russell Cicus Proprietor He was survived by his DAUGHTER Mollie Russell the child he had with Jane aka Jenny Hubbard they lived together after he was estranged from his wife Eva Jenny and William lived together causing quite a scandal in those days and they never married I know this to be true as Jenny was my great Aunt.
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maynardferguson.com: maynardferguson.comdon ellis ni sirve like ken wannberg no sirven
Laeitita: Your site is just amazing.Greaaaaaat.
Toby: The Circus Arts Forum website (funded by The Arts Council of England) has recently had a facelift, and we would welcome people to visit and comment or contribute.http://www.circusarts.org.uk/
Roy KNEATH: I am interested in the John Turner books on Cd please advise costs and where I can get them
John Turner: John's Books on CD. Would people be able to read MS Publisher *pub files?
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Winning Over Potential Circus Public - Monday, March 5th 2007 6:10 PM
Just recently I've been roped-in to give a number of illustrated talks (OHP) to various social groups and I'm amazed by the number of these groups looking for speakers, some...
Don Stacey -Circus Journalist - Archivist - Historian - Monday, January 29th 2007 10:27 AM
Don wrote to me on 5th January commenting on some serious errors in my article in the then latest issue of World's Fair, concerning the 'Billy Russsell's Great Yarmouth...
thegalloper.com Lives On! - Saturday, December 23rd 2006 10:15 AM
After a threat of absolute closure, David Page has been persuaded to renew and revamp his website!  A Phoenix risen from the ashes!  Test it out at...
thegalloper.com - Monday, December 4th 2006 11:01 AM
David Page, the webmaster of <www.thegalloper.com>, has announced that his website will cease to opperate at the end of December this year!  This is a very sad day...
ASTLEY'S FIRST CIRCUS PERFORMANCE - Monday, November 27th 2006 10:29 AM
During 1968, the 200th anniversary of the invention of circus, writers in the circus press speculated on the exact date of Astley's first performance.  At that time,...
ELLIS ISLAND RECORDS OF CIRCUS PERFORMERS - Tuesday, November 7th 2006 6:08 PM
Kevin Sterling, who is researching his "STELLING" family of circus artists, including acrobats, clowns and aerialists, discovered evidence that various family members tried...
THE MOST POPULAR CIRCUS BOOK - Monday, October 30th 2006 7:53 PM
I am told by Dr Vanessa Toulmin, of the National Fairground Archive (University of Sheffield, U.K.) that the most frequently consulted work in the Circus Library (over 900...
CIRCUS HISTORICAL SOCIETY (USA) - Thursday, October 26th 2006 12:18 AM
This American website gets a lot of queries about British circus history and people.  Even people from the UK.  I cannot understand why enquirers, often family...
John HENDERSON's daughter was JANE MARTHA born about 1847 - Sunday, September 3rd 2006 7:35 PM
Visitors to this website will be aware of my interest in the history of Hengler's Circus.  Charles Hengler's sister Agnes Selina (1825-1879) married the famous equestrian...
VISITORS TO THIS WEBSITE - WELCOME - Tuesday, August 22nd 2006 11:52 PM
Visitors to this website may be interested to know that, over the last hundred days, the average number of visitors has been 550 per month.  The highest month was May, with...
The Victorian Clown - Monday, July 24th 2006 6:53 PM
'The Victorian Clown', a book published this month by Cambridge University Press tells the stories of Jem Frowde (1831-1899) a nephew of the Henglers who were running their...
CIRCUS ANNIVERSARIES - Thursday, May 11th 2006 7:38 PM
CIRCUS ANNIVERSARIES.  My scan of the ‘World’s Fair’ (commencing 1904) has now reached 1968.  That year was the 200th anniversary of the entertainment devised by...
20th Century Circus Shows - Wednesday, May 10th 2006 5:51 PM
AT THE PRESENT TIME I'm busy working on the companion volume to 'Twentieth Century Circus People' (Lingdales Press, Formby, 2003) to be titled 'Twentieth Century Circus...