Wednesday, May 07, 2008

The Hanneford Brothers #1 (From John Whitfield)


TOMMY AND GEORGE HANNEFORD_0001, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Buckles,
Here are some shots that George Hanneford, Jr gave me from over the years. Two nice shots of Tommy and George in the original riding act when the entire family was together.
A shot of George and Vicky in their perch act, the Georgians on Clyde Beatty Circus. Vicky wanted me to remind everyone that the George Hanneford Family riding act was on
Clyde Beatty with George Sr and Jr and Tommy and Kay. Plus a publicity photo from the
Ringling years when George and Vicky were there in the 1960's.
John Whitfield
Someone should capture George's memories before its too late. The stories he remembers
are fantastic. From the appearance in Billy Rose's Jumbo in NY at the age of 5 down thru the years.

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

They would "stop the show" with their whirlwind riding on the "finish horse" with bells on and are one of the all time great riding acts, to be compared with the best, plus all around circus performers "par excellence" and noted producers, animal acts etc. A credit to the profession, jknown as "CIRCUS".