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| Prince's International Circus, Rhyl Pavilion, 1955 |
During September 2018 the following posts were updated:
Ask Centre, Water Street --
Bird’s Eye View Of Rhyl -
https://rhyl-life.blogspot.com/2009/10/birds-eye-view.html
Circus “Petite” -
Foryd Bridge -
Gun Shop, Elwy Street -
Mike Peters / The Alarm -
Pennaf / Clwyd Alyn Housing Assoc -
Rhyl & Potteries Motors (charabancs) -
Rhyl Football Club -
Southlawn School -
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Above: The Royal Sea Lions and June; Tom, Dick and 'Arry with Jack Dale (clowns); Dumarte & Denzer; Broncho the comedy horse; Lions trained by Captain Sydney Howes; Lucken's Liberty Ponies (Shetland ponies); Digger Pugh's girls as The Wallabies (tumblers); The Amazing Maurices (trapeze act).
Among other names in 1956 programme are:
Keefe Brothers & Annette (balancers); Evelyn's coloured pigeon phantasy; Sam Linfield & his Crazy Scouts; The Kamtoi Company (Chinese acrobats); Pat Somers (cat impersonator); Monkeys trained by Jack Klette; Freddy, Tommy & Co. (fighters); Walter's famous comedy dogs; and The Alexis Troupe (acrobats).
The mayhem was accompanied warily by the Prince's Circus Orchestra conducted by Eugene Auld.
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And here is a trophy from the 1958 season, an autograph of The Sensational Shermans –
I wonder what their speciality was. Does anybody know?
Colin Jones / email: rhyl.colin.jones@live.co.uk
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