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!

Monday, June 30, 2008

MORE DARE DEVILS OF THE PAST

Here are a couple pics I ran across in some of the old programs in "The Dime's Store".


The bicycle diagram is a little confusing as to how many cyclists did what,

THE GREAT FLORENZO
This has to be a gross exaggeration. A "Quad' is highly unlikely, the drawing seems to indicate a backward,(gainer), somersault rather than the forwards we have seen, and if he truly landed on an elevated ramp, he was a lot more accurate than the more recent versions.

Sunday, June 29, 2008

IN MEMORY: BOBBY HAKES

Phips called this morning to let me know Bobby passed away last night.

Bobby was a retired concession manager, who worked his way up from "candy butcher" to owning his own business.
A little known fact is that he was also a member of Bill Atterbury's "Sky Kings", Sway Pole Act.
Bobby was another of those unique personalities who made our life a "Circus", he will be missed.

Bobby, with Kathy Nelson, Phips, & Sheila Sloan, at the Charlie Smith luncheon.


Phips & Bobby at "Showfolks"

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

IN MEMORY:TOMMY OLIVER HODGINI

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Tommy Hodgini passed away on June 20, services will be held tomorrow, (Thurs. June 26), at 11:00AM, at The First Christian Church, Venice, Fl.

Donations can be sent to The Circus City Festival, Peru, IN.

I KNOW THESE PHOTOS OF TOMMY ARE A LITTLE LATE BUT IT COULDN'T BE HELPED. THIS IS 1953.

Here is Tommy on his brother Joey's shoulders, & Tommy's wife Betty.



This is Betty, Tommy, & Teresa Morales.



Tommy & Pancho,(last name unknown)

SNAPSHOTS: HOXIE BROS. CIRCUS, LONG TIME AGO

This is late '60's or early '70's.

CARMEN DEL MOLINO


PAULINE DUKE TOTH, JOYCE BRIDENBACH CANESTRELLI, & CHONA EASTWOOD

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

COLE BROS. CIRCUS 1940

COLE BROS. 1940 #2: THE BOSSES

JRSS ADKINS & ZACK TERRELL

COLE BROS. 1940 #3: THE STAR

KEN MAYNARD

COLE BROS. 1940 #4: IN 1940 I WAS WITH COLE BROS. CIRCUS. WHERE WERE YOU????

HERBIE WEBER

COLE BROS. 1940 #5: LADIES

THE ESCALANTI SISTERS

COLE BROS. 1940 #6: LADIES & HORSES

JEAN SULLIVAN



RUTH DENOYER

COLE BROS. 1940 #7: NED????

NED

COLE BROS. 1940 #8: THE CLOWNS

SHORTY DUNLAP & LOIS EVANS


HANDY CLOWN
Why is there always a clown around when a pretty young girl needs her pump laces tied?


COLE BROS. 1940 #9: LOYAL REPENSKIS


COLE BROS. 1940 #10: THE PROGRAM





Sunday, June 22, 2008

WELCOME BACK ALL Y'ALL, WHERE YOU BEEN????

I know everyone is wondering what's going on, & why I've been away. I've been here all along, for some unknown reason I have been blocked out of all "google" sites for days. I called tech support, & when that guy got done my whole "infernal machine" was a catastrophe, he changed my home page to MSN, and there was absolutely nothing recognizable on my whole computer. So I got smart & restored the system back to the preceding day which cancelled out the damage he had done, but still no "google".

Last night Trudy was on her side checking her page on Circuspace and just checking, clicked on the blog, and there it was. So later I tried it on my side, & there it was, so we seem to be back to normal....I don't know why, I'm still trying to figure out who is on first!!!!

Sunday, June 15, 2008

HAMID-MORTON CIRCUS,,,,WICHITA,,,,1943

My thanks to Henry Edgar for pointing out the duplication in the line up.




DAILEY BROS. CIRCUS 1945

DAILEY BROS. #2: NORMA D


DAILEY BROS. #3: GETTIN' IT ON THE LOT

DAILEY BROS. #4: THE SHOW



DAILEY BROS. #5: THE ANIMALS

DAILEY BROS. #6: THE RIDING ACT

DAILEY BROS. #7: THE AFTER SHOW

Thursday, June 12, 2008

RUSSELL BROS. CIRCUS 1942



RUSSELL BROS. #2: THE PROGRAM



RUSSELL BROS. #3: THE ROUTE


Wednesday, June 11, 2008

ARTHUR BROS. CIRCUS 1944

The Wilson family was on the show in '44, Trudy was 3 years old. When Joanne visited us at CWM in the '80's, she had this photo taken because she was born on Arthur Bros. The year?, "I ain't talkin',,,,,,,,?