Historical Review Royal Hanneford Circus Established in 1690 SC NO DATE - $20 - (Talbott, TN)
RailroadTreasures offers the following item: Historical Review Royal Hanneford Circus Established in 1690 SC NO DATE Historical Review Royal Hanneford Circus Established in 1690 SC NO DATE Presenting A Pictorial Review and History of the Worlds First Family of the Circus HAS SOME DAMAGE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER PAGES - SEE PHOTOS Oversize Book NO COPYRIGHT DATE Soft Cover 17 Pages Also Includes a Hanneford Circus Program - NO DATE - 2 Pages Book has many black & white photos The Hanneford family, long considered the "Royal Family of the Circus", can rightly claim an unbroken span of circus history fast approaching three centuries! Beginning with Edwin Hanneford in the late 1600's to the present family scion Tommy Hanneford, they have consistently amazed, amused, thrilled and delighted audiences around the globe with their resinback exploits and stellar circus presentations. Our story begins in 1690 with Irish-born Michael Hanneford who toured the dusty roads of rural England with Wombwell's Menagerie, the first show of its kind in the British Isles. Each day the athletic Michael put on a display of horsemanship that included dancing and leaping upon the bare back of a galloping horse. Word spread about the multitalented performer so that he was invited to attend a contest before King George III to determine who was the greatest juggler in England. He not only juggled off with the Grand Prize but made his mark in circus lore by having presented the first of the Hanneford Royal Command Performances, a tradition of honor that has been repeated by each succeeding generation since then. During the next 100 years, the Hanneford name became synonymous with perfection in the circus arts as the children and then the grandchildren of Michael Hanneford continued to perform in the exacting family tradition. Towards the end of the last century, after generations as star performers, the Hannefords decided to become "their own bosses" and built a circus of their own. They toured Eng…
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