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Monthly Archives: October 2019
Pablo Fanque’s return to Norwich
Pablo Fanque, born as William Darby, was the first black British circus proprietor. Apprenticed at an early age to William Batty, a well-known equestrian and circus proprietor, he was first trained as an acrobat and gymnast and then in horsemanship. … Continue reading
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Tagged bullards, circus, horsemanship, newspapers, norwich, Pablo Fanque, playbills, Victoria Gardens, Victorians
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Bicycle Journeys through Norfolk in the tyre tracks of Leonard Bolingbroke
The Bolingbroke Bicycle Journal (NRO, BOL 1/87, 739X2) is an intriguing find. It documents cycle rides throughout Norfolk, and further afield, with instructions on bicycle care and repair bills. The journal begins in 1878 and records to 1884.
