William Tudor's Circus

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

Some stuff about 1903

Two Cirnocs Bristol Magpie Published Thursday, 30 October 1902 page 16original caption is The King of Handcuffs

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: the first post-Tudor year
1901: more varieties – then the circus is a circus again
Hippodramas: plays with horses
The wooden circus buildings
Notable personalities
The Auckland Road building
Circus animals
Acknowledgements
Bibliography: major books, articles and websites consulted
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