Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

Moscow Circus at the Harringay Arena

The first time a Russian State Circus had visited Western Europe - May 21st to June 9th, 1956.

If you'd like to learn more about Harringay Arena, see my article on Wikipedia about the Arena.

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Albums: Harringay Posters and Programmes (Historical)

Comment by Helen1 on March 21, 2008 at 17:24: Where did you find these?!

Comment by Hugh on March 21, 2008 at 19:44: Did you mean this one? I bought it. But did you see my post about a great find this week.

Comment by Liz on September 24, 2009 at 22:12: As a little bit of trivia, the chief clown who performed with the circus was Oleg Popov, known as The Sunshine Clown, who, at the age of 25, was the first Soviet clown to perform outside of Russia.

source: The Observer, May 27th 1956