This is something we don’t really see any more. It must have been very exciting when the circus was in town and probably a great chance to bunk off school! This was probably taken around the 1880s. Behind the elephants is a huge steam traction engine.
Elephants in Fore Street, Hertford
The circus comes to town
S Williams
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The caption on slide mount reads ‘ Myer’s Circus in Fore Street.’ The Myers’ Great American Circus travelled extensively in England and Europe from the 1860s to the 1880s. At it’s peak it had a herd of 8 elephants, the first herd of such a size to be seen in the country.
Does anyone here know why there were elephants in fore street? I assume it was to do with a circus but wasn’t positive