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Circus Family. 'Winships'.
« on: Sunday 11 March 12 17:53 GMT (UK) »
Does anyone have any info on the Yorkshire Circus Family.
Winships Circus, Toured Wales in 1962.

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Re: Circus Family. 'Winships'.
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 13 March 12 00:12 GMT (UK) »


Hi,

You might want to try this site.
http://www.circushistory.org/index.htm

I have found this online to, it is about the Winships today.
http://www.medievaljousting.com/Introduction/Intro.htm
Bramwell -  Derbyshire and Bolton
Pottinger -  Gloucestershire, Berkshire
James- Gloucestershire
Rawley, Wheeler - Middlesex
Nicholls, Nichols -  Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire
Lee, Porter - Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire
Bowers, Coxall, Coe, Dawkins, Hawkins, Horspoole, Rule - Cambridgeshire
Stoughton - Bedfordshire
Stewart - Stirlingshire,  Glasgow and Edingburgh
Tulloch - Orkney Islands
Liddell - Stirlingshire, Lanarkshire
Tulloch, Wilson, Stevenson, Baxter, Muir, Boag - Scotland

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Re: Circus Family. 'Winships'.
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 13 March 12 17:37 GMT (UK) »
My time with Winships Circus was 1962 and times were really hard for them and there were lots of weeks when the Circus hands worked for keep only to keep things going. The circus was run by Geoff's father and Barry who I took to be Geoff's brother. It is marvelous to hear Geoff has got on so well and is no more than he deserves for his skill and hard work.

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Re: Circus Family. 'Winships'.
« Reply #3 on: Monday 05 September 16 07:19 BST (UK) »
Hi,
My name is Tanya Winship.

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my paternal Grandparents were William Winship and Rose Bailey (from baileys circus
I hand the name of several other relatives and many generations, including some pictures and dates.

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Re: Circus Family. 'Winships'.
« Reply #4 on: Monday 05 September 16 13:36 BST (UK) »
Hi Tanya

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Re: Circus Family. 'Winships'.
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 06 September 16 22:31 BST (UK) »
My family were running winship's circus in '62

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Re: Circus Family. 'Winships'.
« Reply #6 on: Monday 01 January 18 21:18 GMT (UK) »
Hello Tanya,
I was just a skinny kid from Liverpool on the run from just about everything. I wasn't much heavier than a paper bag so found the work really hard. I was only with Winships from Wednesbury down through Wales. at the tail end crowds were fairly thin and they started doing a 'Circus' in the afternoon and then wrestlers on in the evening, Barry wrestled as well. Ever since ( I am 74 now) :) I have wished I had been born 3 or 4 years earlier, thus older and stronger. The family were certainly good mentors of work ethic.
Billy
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