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William Tudor's Circus

The story of William Tudor and the circus he built in Auckland Road, Cambridge

1900 to 1917: the Askham Years

1900: the First Year Without Tudor

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  • Introduction
  • Early fairs and circuses in Cambridge
  • Charlie Keith and William Tudor, 1888-1890
  • Keith in Cambridge, 1890 to 1892
  • Tudor’s progress, 1890-1893: from north Wales to north-east England
  • Tudor’s Circus on the Common 1893
  • 1893-1895: Tudor heads north and the Royal Show comes to Midsummer Common
  • Back to Midsummer Common, 1895
  • 1896: Tudor’s New Circus in Auckland Road
  • 1897: a May re-opening and Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee
  • 1898: Drunken bears, a fire fiend and a great loss
  • 1899: Amusement for all and all were amused
  • 1900 to 1917: the Askham Years
    • 1900: the first post-Tudor year
  • Hippodramas: plays with horses
  • The wooden circus buildings
  • Notable personalities
    • The Flying Zedoras and Alar the Human Arrow
    • Evetta the Lady Clown
    • James Newsome in Cambridge
    • Robert W Paul
    • Frederick Tudor Hall, 1856-1898
    • Flo Everette
    • Thomas Askham and his family
    • Talbot Wilfrid Ellison
    • The Swallows
  • The Auckland Road building
  • Circus animals
  • William Tudor Hall, 1853-1940
  • Acknowledgements
  • Bibliography: major books, articles and websites consulted
  • Contact us
  • 1901: more varieties – then the circus is a circus again
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