Tuesday, January 26, 2010

"This Way to the Big Show! #10


Scan12579, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Posted by Buckles at 1/26/2010 05:58:00 AM

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great shot of the public donikers in the connection. Often wondered what they did about the smell on longer that one day stands.
Bob Kitto

26 January, 2010 14:15
Anonymous said...

Cover and dig another pit?

26 January, 2010 16:44
Richard Reynolds said...

When the show moved on, how did it clean up the human waste left by the public donikers plus those in the backyard.

In the public “men’s room” the urinal was nothing but a shallow trench. I can recall using it on RBBB ca. 1940. I recall looking up at the open sky and seeing the flags flying on the big top center poles.

Surely most lot owners would have required some sort of clean up. Sometimes shows played on minor league baseball fields. What did they do about the mess there?

Perhaps the agreement for using the lot required an extra fee for the owner’s having to do the cleanup.

I cannot recall ever reading anything about lot cleanup after the show left.

27 January, 2010 14:47
Chic Silber said...

Spread some lime & cover with dirt

27 January, 2010 17:25
Anonymous said...

In the 50's after RBB&B added the donniker trailers, they usually got a local trash hauler to pick up the trash for about $50. Today you are lucky if you can get a container for your trash for $200 or $300 and you fill it yourself. How times have changed,
Bob Kitto

27 January, 2010 17:30
Anonymous said...

Also, about 10 or 12 years ago I had to get a local honey dipper to pump out 2 tanks and I think it was $300.
Bob Kitto

27 January, 2010 17:31
Roger Smith said...

I remember the donnicker trailers, which were at one end of the menagerie, I believe. As a small boy, I felt the need before a matinee and my disgruntled mother cautioned, "FOR GOD'S SAKE, DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING! This is a CIRCUS bathroom!"

28 January, 2010 02:36
Anonymous said...

Roger, did your folks tell you not to pee on your hands, or did you have to wash your hands?
Bob Kitto

28 January, 2010 19:15
Buckles said...

I remember the General Superintendent of the Men's Doniker in the front connection, "Doniker Elmer".
He wore bib overalls with pockets stuffed with rolled up newspapers.
These served a dual purpose, you could also catch up on the news while making use of his facility.

One of the items we unloaded from the concession wagon each morning was the "fat ladies doniker board" which was the counter for the two floss trays.

28 January, 2010 19:44
Buckles said...

This was on the Cole Show.

28 January, 2010 19:45
Chic Silber said...

Early 60s on the Beatty show it

was Doniker Mike who became a

winter handyman & watchman for

Frank in Winter Park bunking

in his boathouse by the lake

A year or two later he was on

the water wagon

28 January, 2010 21:53

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