Acrobats

The following images come from a scrapbook that belonged to Matt Kelly, the famous Head Keeper at Belle Vue and passed to me by his son.

"A colourful fiesta of Spanish pigeons fly to the outstretched arms of attractive Miss Wendy. She needed plenty of patience to encourage her bird to sit quietly on the top of a sword, balanced precariously on a dagger's edge...held between the teeth. The pigeon's slightest movement could upset all."

The Two Great Apollos - 1955

Belingos Rotating Perch Thrill

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