Sir Robert Fossetts Circus in United Kingdom

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Sir Robert Fossetts Circus
Sir Robert Fossett’s Circus. "The Definitive Visual History" by Mark Twichett and Steven B Richley
Type	circus
Closed down	1992
Address	Tiffield
Place	Northampton
Country	United Kingdom
Related persons
Owner	-: Robert Fossett II -: Robert Fossett III -: Isabelle Bailey -: Mary Francis -1959: Robert Fossett IV 1959-1992: Bailey Fossett 1959-1992: Mary Fossett

Performers & Artists
-1967: Christine Pinder 1965-1965: Thomas Sandow 1974-1974: Thomas Sandow

Zoological department
Animal trainers
-: Terry Duggan -: Jack Smith

Elephant department

Elephant Trainer	1981-: Brenda Hani 1980-1980: Hagen Reichstag 1957-1965: Ivor Rosaire -1992: Lee Anthony

Record history
History of updates	2024-03-04xx

Latest document update	2024-03-04 21:01:52

Description

Sir Robert Fossetts Circus, located at Tiffield, in Northampton, United Kingdom . Sir Robert Fossetts Circus closed down in 1992.

Comments / picturesThe Fosset circus forked into three circuses: Sir Robert Fossets circus in UK, and his brother Ted Fosset in Ireland, and their second cousin Tom Fossets circus in UK.

The Fosset big top could hold 3,000 people, and tickets cost between three shillings and sixpence (17.5p) and 14 shillings (70p). As well as the elephants, there were also lions and tigers, dragooned by big cat tamer Bailey Fosset, a rodeo, ‘trapeze sensations’, ‘trampoline bouncers’, a ‘tight wire balancing act’, and a troupe of eight Royal Cream ponies – and, of course, there were lots of clowns.

Robert III Fosset had children: Robert Fosset IV, Bailey Fosset and Mary Fosset.
1959: Robert IV Fosset died of an heart attack.
1959: His brother and sister, Bailey Fosset and Mary Fosset, took over the circus.
1974-1979: They had the main troupe of six that were trained by Julius Hani, Dum Dum, Sara, Emma, Bindula, Mahala and Minnie, also Tina who was later hired out to Clubb Chipperfield and later Circus Fiesta, Bobby, a young bull elephant who for a while did an act with a young African elephant and spotted horse.Tarzan, Zoo chat
1992: Mr. Bailey Fossett, who had for many years ran the circus with his late sister Mary Fosset, died in March and this was to be the last year that this show travelled.

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