Saturday, September 26, 2015

1940's RB #4


Freddy said they tossed the manure out beneath the side wall, then used this skid to haul it away between shows.

2 comments:

Dick Flint said...

Great anecdote and important picture, one that otherwise might have been overlooked and tossed aside. How many circus fans would ever think or know anything of this important little bit about the sanitary system of a big show?!

Roger Smith said...

Bill Johnston told me, "Hell, we never had wheelbarrows. We just raked it out under the sidewalls." Like DICK FLINT notes, here is a glimpse at lot life that all too easily could have been sidewalled, itself.