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Showing posts with label elephants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label elephants. Show all posts
Thursday, 2 August 2012

Death of a Lion "tamer" on Ringland's Circus 1950

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Seems like an age since I last posted on here. An email came in from my cousin Jim Stockley recently regarding some circus history relat...
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Thursday, 6 November 2008

In Memory of Salt and Sauce: Wolverhampton's Elephants

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From Wolverhampton's "Spaghetti Gazette": Thurs 13 Nov, 6.30pm The Legend of Salt & Sauce: Wolverhampton's Elephants T...
Friday, 10 October 2008

Wolverhampton elephant recollections 2

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The articles in the Wolverhampton Express and Star continue to arouse old fond memories of Salt and Sauce the elephants when they were regul...
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Monday, 22 September 2008

Toffees in a tin - Salt and Sauce return to the Express and Star

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The Wolverhampton Express and Star newspaper was a major source for my research on the elephants Salt and Sauce when they were owned by John...
Monday, 15 September 2008

New Edition of "The Legend of Salt and Sauce"

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This post is something of a sequel to one I wrote called "No Absolutes". My first book, "The Legend of Salt and Sauce", ...
Tuesday, 29 July 2008

Review for upcoming "Kingpole" Magazine

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"The Legend of Salt and Sauce" By Jamie and Jim Clubb Published by Aardvark Publishing, 2008, ISBN 9781872904368, £20 This book...
Friday, 18 July 2008

Signing and Review Updates

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My parents' private zoo will be, for the first time ever, holding an Open Day for the general public to view their facilities on 21st Au...
Monday, 14 July 2008

The Famous Rosaires

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Syvia Kent's article, "Our famous residents, the Rosaires" reproduced by kind permission of Newsquest. http://sylviakent.blog...
Sunday, 8 June 2008

Report on the official Salt and Sauce book signing

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7th June was a very special day for me. My father and I launched a book that has taken us at least six, probably seven, years to complete o...
Monday, 26 May 2008

Sam Lockhart's Elephant Walk - Video

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On 24th May I attended the unveiling of "Elephant Circle" in Leamington Spa and set up a stand to sign the first copies of "T...
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Wednesday, 16 April 2008

First signing date for "The Legend of Salt and Sauce"

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I am happy to announce that "The Legend of Salt and Sauce" will be launched at Blackpool in conjunction with the Circus Friends As...
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Saturday, 22 December 2007

Ivor Rosaire: Hero of "The Legend of Salt and Sauce"

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The 24th December 2007 marks the second anniversary of the death of Ivor Rosaire, a legendary figure in the circus world and a key character...
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Monday, 17 December 2007

Who was Wilhelm Philadelphia?

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The expression "celebrities in their day" can be aptly applied to many of the characters I have researched for my upcoming book ...
Tuesday, 4 December 2007

Big Charlie - A Giant Contemporary

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Salt and Sauce may have been Britain's most famous elephants, but "Elephant" Bill Williams ensured that a contemporary of thei...
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The Indian Elephant: Wild and Domestic (Deleted Chapter from "The Legend of Salt and Sauce")

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The following is an early version of a chapter I completely re-wrote for my book "The Legend of Salt and Sauce". Salt and Sauce we...
Thursday, 29 November 2007

Never Forgotten Elephants: A Hundred Years of Salt and Sauce

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The following is an article I wrote back in 2003 for the "Kingpole" Magazine. It was in response to an article that mentioned Salt...
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