HOWDY, MY NAME IS BILL STRONG, I'LL BE YOUR "24 HOUR MAN", ROUTING YOU INTO THE PAST TO SEE WHAT THE CIRCUS WAS IN DAYS GONE BY. IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, AND MISS WHAT IT USED TO BE, THEN COME ON ALONG AS WE GO DOWN THE ROAD FOLLOWING THE ARROWS BACKWARDS, TO "YESTERDAY'S TOWNS"! IF YOU HAVE CIRCUS RELATED PICTURES YOU WOULD LIKE POSTED, SEND THEM TO,,,,yesterday1@verizon.net,,,,AND WE WILL TRY TO FIT THEM IN. "24 HOUR MAN" WILL HAVE THE FINAL DECISION ON POSTING.
Three years at CWM made me a real traditionalist, and I keep remembering Bob Parkinson saying, "I want the people to see what the circus used to be, not what it is today. That's what this site is about!
Here is another High Act rigging, it is probably the most common type that I remember, some, like J.D.Martin who did a single, had just one swaypole in the center. Some of the riggings were double ladders, with a Cradle in between, I remember a High Act on Tom Packs Circus in the late '50's that still had wooden ladders. This act The Apollos, is not to be confused with Phil & Fran Schacht's Flying Apollos.
posted by 24-HOUR-MAN | 6:52 PM
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This is another prime example, like the Kimris, of acts I find too spooky to watch. After seeing these, I decided to play it safe on the ground.
WITH BIG CATS????
At least I didn't have so far to fall.
It's not the fall; all together now; "it's the sudden stop"
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