Midland Montage: 25.09.1962: One Man Circus

Summary

Pat Astley meets Fred Abel who operates a one-man travelling circus.

Year:

1962

Duration:

0:03:03

Film type:

Black & White / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

Pat Astley introduces the item with a piece to camera saying he is in Warwickshire (exact location not known). He interviews Fred Abel who trains rats and mice for his one-man-circus which tours the Midlands. We then see Fred's act which also involves a donkey, a dog and a wind-up gramophone. Pat and a small group of child watch the show.


Credits

No credits specified


Notes

Fred Abel died on 28th January, 1982 in a hospital in Banbury after being found seriously ill in his caravan.