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We hold up Seventies festive TV as a paragon of viewing bliss, but the reality is rather different.

“WHAT a brilliant and ultimately hilarious picture of the three men whitening the zebra crossing in Tubwell Row,” says Jo Jones, referring to…

Features - Teesdale Mercury

We have opened our extensive archives to shine a light on communities at work and play in Aberdeen over the decades.

Isaac Baldwin, shaped like a Witton W. Picture: Karl Brooks Photography WITTON Albions desire to keep as much of their 2020-21 squad together as possible has been boosted by a second signing this week, though they have lost the services of a striker. Dependable full-back Isaac Baldwin, 24, who has skippered Carl Macauleys team on occasions, has extended his stay at Wincham Park until the end of the 2021-2022 campaign. However Scott Bakkor, who scored five goals in 10 appearances on his re...

Milly Ayers is going to Oxford University. Picture The Sunday Times A fairground worker will be the third student from a traveller family to be offered a place at Oxford University. Milly Ayers, 18, who is related to the founder of Billy Smart’s circus, was brought up in a caravan then a mobile home. Aged three, she used to collect players £1 coins on a fairground. She left school at 13 and did her GCSEs on her own, scoring average grades. She has wanted to study at Oxford, which see...

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Inside circus legend Gerry Cottles wild life of coke binges and sex addiction His wild life led to bankruptcies, spells in rehab and brushes with the law, but Gerry Cottles lifelong love affair with the circus made him one of Britains greatest showmen Updated In its mid-Seventies heyday the Gerry Cottle Circus toured Britain with three different shows, each seating 1,500 people (Image: Getty Images) The Daily Stars FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to y...

These pictures were taken in 1961 and show Billy Smarts Circus arriving in town. They were taken by the bridge opposite Knightsdale Road by the Marsh, where the Big Top would be pitched and the circus would be held. People have gathered to see the circus arrive and there is even a policeman on duty to keep order. There seem to be four elephants in the picture, coming through the tunnel trunk to tail carrying some rather fancily dressed elephant riders who are waving to the crowds. So ea...