A visit to the Hippodrome Circus
Photographs of a circus performance, c. 1960
By Laura Matthews
Mr Caton took these photographs of the Hippodrome Circus on a trip to see the performance with his daughters in the 1960s.
George Gilbert, a circus promoter from Norwich, opened a Circus building on the site of the Bath House Stables in 1898, and he found it so successful that he built the present Hippodrome, (from the Latin 'hippo', meaning horse) which opened in 1903.
Trapeze artists
Courtesy of Mr Caton
Juggling with chairs
Courtesy of Mr Caton
Unicyclists
Courtesy of Mr Caton
Clown
Courtesy of Mr Caton
Low wire act
Courtesy of Mr Caton
Balancing act
Courtesy of Mr Caton
Contortionist
Courtesy of Mr Caton
Clown band
Courtesy of Mr Caton