Romario   10 #1 Posted March 24, 2014 Hi  I recall reading in the star last year sometime about a circus that performed near the city hall around a hundred years ago & the performing elephants, around 7 or 8, lined up down the narrow alley that is Backfields off Division St & the back of Cambridge St. Does anyone have a photo of this as it would look very surreal & as i'm a resident, i'd love to see.  Thanks  Rom Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Blackbeard   10 #2 Posted March 24, 2014 Contact the National Fairground Archive at the University of Sheffield http://www.nfa.dept.shef.ac.uk/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Romario   10 #3 Posted March 24, 2014 Cheers, will do! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
me-and-pippo   12 #4 Posted March 24, 2014 The circus referred to was most likely this one on Pinstone Street Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Romario   10 #5 Posted March 24, 2014 Would love to see a pic of the elephants all lined up, i'd blow it up & have it ont wall :-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
lazarus   68 #6 Posted March 24, 2014 (edited) Hi I recall reading in the star last year sometime about a circus that performed near the city hall around a hundred years ago & the performing elephants, around 7 or 8, lined up down the narrow alley that is Backfields off Division St & the back of Cambridge St. Does anyone have a photo of this as it would look very surreal & as i'm a resident, i'd love to see.  Thanks  Rom  They were performing at the now demolished Albert Hall. It stood where John Lewis now sits. There are no photos of them as far as I know but it was a normal thing to have animals performing at theatre's, one event at the Empire on Charles St, a Tiger escaped into the cellars and wasn't captured for an hour or so, during this time a performer was mauled and lost his arm, the Tiger should not have been used as it wasn't fully trained. Edited March 24, 2014 by lazarus Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Electerrific   14 #7 Posted March 24, 2014 Another [the one you mean?] in 1910 was called the Sheffield Jungle and was based near Netherthrope.  http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/sheffield/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_9221000/9221110.stm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...