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Billy Smart Heads Home

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For the last time this year 4,000 children fill the Big Top with Laughter and applause as they enjoy all the thrills of Billy Smart's Circus presenting
The Four Skating Willers from France
Gloria Smart and her horses
The 'springheeled' Thinie from Denmark
Windy Blow from Balloonland
Les French, Continental Musical Clowns
Miss June, The ballerina on horseback
Alma Piaia, Glamour in the air from Luxembourg
Billy Smart, Jnr., and his baby Burmese elephants

Stanley Dangerfield visited this special children's show and then joined the circus as they headed home to winter quarters. He acts as your guide behind the scenes and meets some stars, children, and animals of the circus at Winkfield Zoo, near Windsor in Berkshire.
Ringmaster, Alfred Delbosq
TV production, Derek Burrell-Davis from the Big Top on tour and Winkfield Zoo, near Windsor

Contributors

Skaters:
The Four Skating Willers
Balloon clown:
Windy Blow
Musical clowns:
Les French
Dancer:
Miss June
Aerialist:
Alma Piaia
Presenter:
Stanley Dangerfield
Musical director:
Bernie Weller
Ringmaster:
Alfred Delbosq
Circus presentation:
Ronnie Smart
Circus presentation:
David Smart
TV production:
Derek Burrell-Davis

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