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!
IF I SPELLED THAT NAME RIGHT, IT'S A MIRACLE. THE WARKMEISTERS AS THE RANDELL'S TRAMPOLINE ACT
BA,,&,, MEL
MEL & RONNIE,,,,OR IS IT RANDY??
BARRY MITCHELL, FLYER IN THEIR FLYING ACT, "THE HILLARY'S", RONNIE,,,,OR IS IT RANDY, BA, & RANDY,,,,OR IS IT RONNIE?
ARE YOU FOLKS STILL OUT THERE SOMEWHERE????
posted by 24-HOUR-MAN | 10:57 PM
3 Comments:
Hi Bill: Barbara Warkmeister is now living in Las Vegas and is good friends with Jan Biggerstaff. If her schedule will allow, Barbara may be at the CFA Convention in Las Vegas June 15-18. I believe Mel is also living in Las Vegas and it was through him that the CFA Convention Committee was able to secure an appearance by Siegfried & Roy at a special luncheon in their honor. Jan and a "bunch of old Show Broads" as Jan calls them, get together for lunch on a regular basis. Other friends who join them include Patsy Jordan, Beverly Abderahmen (Antar Wazzan's wife) and the female performer from the Ronritas Wheel Act, which I apologize that I don't know her name. I bet the jackpots passed around are really something! Anyway, that's what's happened to BA & MEL!
Neil Cockerline
Hi Neil,
THANK YOU MUCH! We had a lot of good times with them on the Gil Grey Circus in the early '60's. It was the fastest moving circus in history,(Town to Town), one night someone took soap & wrote numbers on all the private vehicles. I remember once in Three Rivers, MN. we closed the doors on the prop truck, 18 min. after finale.
mel and his wife mary ann can be reached by calling 702-435-5427
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