Bertram Mills Circus in United Kingdom

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Bertram Mills Circus


Typecircus
Founded1920
First elephant arrived1934
Last elephant left1964
Closed down1964
Address Paddington
Place London
Country United Kingdom
Website Website
Related persons
Owner 1920-1938: Bertram Mills
Performers & Artists
: Leonard Austin
: Alby Austin
-: Hilary Yelding
1949-1949: Eliane Knie
1949-1949: Jacky Lupascu
1951: Vernon Liedtke
1951-: Doris Liedtke
Zoological department
Animal trainers
1959-1960: Charly Baumann
1921-1927: Baptista Mijares-Schreiber
1920-1925: Henning Orlando
-1964: Joan Kruse
-1950: Antonin Vinicky
-: Inge Smaha
Equestrians
1957-1963: Nadia Houcke
Elephant department
Elephant Trainer 1951-1964: Gösta Kruse
1929-1930: Louis Reed
1929-1930: Adele Nelson
-1951: John Gindl
Record history
History of updates2025-04-15: updated performers
Latest document update2025-04-15 04:43:17
Description

Bertram Mills Circus, located at Paddington, in London, United Kingdom , was founded in 1920 and the first elephant arrived in 1934. The last elephant left in 1964.. Bertram Mills Circus closed down in 1964.


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Records about Bertram Mills Circus from English Wikipedia

Bertram Wagstaff Mills (August 1873 - April 16, 1938) was a British circus owner. Originally from Paddington, London, his circus became famous in the UK for its Christmas shows at Olympia in West London. His troupe were the last to perform with live animals on the Drury Lane Theatre stage.
English Wikipedia

1934-12-18: Six baby elephants, aged between two and four years, came from Hagenbeck (originally from Burma), and arrived from Germany on December 18 1934. They were trained by John Gindl, upon suggestion of Hagenbeck to Mills (Source: Bertram Mills, by David Jamieson, 1998) Their names: Manjoulah, Lechmey, Patho changed to Pulley, Kathol, Hungoly, Jennie (Source: Jim Clubb, UK.)
1938: Since the death of Bertram Mills, the Mills Circus was managed by his sons, Bernard and Cyril.

Bertram Mills Circus in United Kingdom United+KingdomLuton - April 1950; John Gindl, his wife Gertie and Joan Fowles (later Joan Kruse) .

1951-1964:: Elephants were trained by Gösta Kruse.

Bertram Mills Circus in United Kingdom United+KingdomBertram Mills in England, Asian elephant Kamalachi and baby Yvonne Kludsky.

1955: Manjoulah, Pulley and Jenny were sold to Darix Togni Circus in 1957. (Source: Jim Clubb, UK.)
"Gosta Kruse showed three elephants only, Jenny, Pulley and Manjoulah (...)as the other three - Lechmey, Hungoly and Kathol - had been sold to Boswell\'s circus in South Africa" (Source: Bertram Mills, by David Jamieson, 1998)
1957: Three of the 1934 imported elephants were sold to Italy in 1957; "The remaining three older elephants went to a warmer climate in early 1957, having been sold to an Italian circus"(Source: Bertram Mills, by David Jamieson, 1998)
1960s: Another three of the 1934 imported elephants were sold to South Africa in the sixties.(Source: Jim Stockley)

1961: In early 1961 Mills were offered to very young orphans found wandering alone in the jungles of Siam. SAFARI aged approx 9 months and TAMU aged approx 6 months old arrived and were hand fed by my parents every 4 hours on a diet of chopped apples, carrots, diluted milk, boiled Patna rice mixed with glucose and Farex. My Mother hated rice pudding till the end of her days after that.
Yvonne Kludsky

1964: "after Mills final tenting season "Mexico\'s Atayde Circus bought the tigers, the two small elephants and some of the horses and ponies, while the four larger elephants were sold to an Italian show". (Source: Bertram Mills, by David Jamieson, 1998)


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