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Gander Circus
by R G Pelley
It seems to me that in early Gander, when we had fun it
was stuff we made up ourselves: bonfires, clinging onto cars in the
winter, sliding on Co-op hill, playing and crashed airplanes and the
like. But "professional fun" was also available at times, for example
when NHL hockey teams or Wilf Carter and family came to Gander Gardens.
Even the circus came to Gander Gardens. In fact the
Century All-Star Circus came on Monday 10 June. Unfortunately the
poster didn't say which year itwas. So I looked up all the years
since the end of the Second World War whenMonday fell on 10 June.
That was in 1946, 1957, 1963, 1974, 1985, in 1991.
So here's the big question: anybody know when the
circus came to town and dothey have any memories of it (or other
circuses).
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