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We had a circus every two years, Sanger's or Williamson's circus. They used to come to Consett, which was a busy place then. We would get up at six in the morning to see the elephants and antelopes and camels, it was the sight of a lifetime to see the circus come in. They had to get to Tow Law and put the tent up, and do the ring, and at one o'clock they had to give us a procession. The last procession I can remember had a lion on a steel chain and the keeper sitting beside him. They went up the reservoir and back, then performed at half two and half six. They were only here for one day, yet they had the show to put up, the procession to arrange, two performances, and then to get ready to go to the next place the next day.