YESTERDAY'S TOWNS

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.

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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!

Friday, January 11, 2008

EUROPEAN SNAPSHOTS: FROM THE BUSTER BAILEY COLLECTION

These were sent to "Buster" by Carl Teubert-Folz of Berlin in the mid to late 1960's.

The first snapshots are two of the most respected famlies in the Circus.


LOUIS & ROLF KNIE 1967
Typed on the back is, Louis & Rolf Knie, Zug, Swirtzerland, 4-Nov.-67.


THE TOGNI FAMILY 1966
There are two notations on the back, one reads, Troupe Togni Jr., Circo Tedesco '66. The other reads, "The Togni Kids", Circo Tedesco, Italy.

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