circus memories

[CLOWN TICKLE]

Im not sure this is the right section and what I am not trying to is debate the animal side of things but Im trying to write a book at the moment based in a travelling show and wonfer if anyone has any memories past or present of any shows acts smells or anything else.

Thanks in anticipation

[Danni79]

When I was 4 as a treat me, my brother and sister were taken to the circus, it was all very exciting until I spotted a clown!! it freaked me out so badly i wouldn't stop bawling, one clown in particular was a bit taken aback so tried desperately to cheer me up (as they do!!) unfortunatly it didn't work so he made me a baloon sausage dog and scarpered!! at the end of the show we went back to the car, it was a boiling hot day and I put my sausage dog on the hot bonnet and it burst!! and as you can imagine the tears came again!!! it took me quite a while to get over such a traumatic day and no doubt I managed to make it traumatic for my family too!! x x x

[andy-hughes]

I remember going to the circus as a child, and that unique odour of sawdust, cndyfloss and animals has stayed with me for ever.

I remember thinking how vast the Big Top was, and womdering how on earth they managed to put it up and take it down again. Everything for a child is sight and sound, which is exactly why a circus is so fabulous. I adored the clowns, everything is exagerated, their costumes, make-up, feet, the noises they make, the fun they have, I just adored it all.

[yinyang]

Our family used to go at christmas time to the circus in the Kelvin Hall.the thing I remember most is the smell of the elephants - they were really stinky1 if you went to the Hall for any other event at any time of the year you could still smell these darn elephants.
haven't been to a circus for years - clowns really freak me out!