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Entertaining Leeds: At the Circus
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Poster from 1850 for Cookes Circus in Boar Lane

Poster from 1850 for Cookes Circus in Boar Lane. The poster advertises an act called 'Jackson Shaksperian (sic) Clown' and offers 'A fine fat pig' as a prize!

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