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Animal Acts 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.
"Congo, whose real name is Peter Morrissey, started his career with Bertram Mills as a boy clown. Since then he has somersaulted throughout Europe. Congo's gorilla parody is presented by his attractive wife, Nadia. Her family have their own circus in Belgium where last year folk came to feed Congo. "
"The Belgian-born Chabro Trio are making their British debut at Circus Belle Vue. Carmen, her husband Pierre, and their daughter Yvone all reckon Chico is the cheekiest poodle in the business. You'll see him hitch hike his way round the ring on top of Atlas, the troupe's rather friendly pony. "
"Harry Belli's tiger Byla, his horse Bulle, and dog Jimmy are the best of friends. They form the basis of this most unusual act which has been seen all over Europe and in South America. Harry has his own circus in Holland; that's where Byla, Bulle and Jimmy first became pals." 
"Bobby Roberts reckons his pigs are like people...only more temperamental. Maybe that's why no other Englishman has yet managed to train pigs. As piglets Bobby paid a tenner a time for his pedigree Berkshires. Now they are the only performing pigs in Britain, and worth £400 apiece. Prize porkers indeed."   "Jolly Jumbos Get up to their Tricks"  "Benneweis's Beautiful "Million-Dollar" Equine Cavalcade - 1955"  ******************************************* All the material on this web site is © David Boardman, unless otherwise stated, and may not be copied, downloaded or otherwise reproduced or retransmitted without the written permission of the webmaster. Any contravention of the copyright of others is unintentional and will be corrected immediately when brought to the attention of the webmaster. |
