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This is a particularly happy discovery for me as it shows my mother, Nancy Manders, with one of her younger brothers, probably William in front of my grandfather George Manders` living wagon. George along with brothers Albert, Joseph and sister Ellen traveled Manders Grand Star Menagerie from about 1912 to the early 1930s. Their parents Joseph and Ellen Manders had created the menagerie in the latter part of the 19th Century after the demise/sale of William Manders Grand National Star Menagerie. We have very few photographs from that time, so this is an amazing find.

Do you know that there is a Book , Called Manders Menagerie , with lots of photo’s in it , you can buy it on Ebay , or Amazon .

LuckyLady777 Yes... I do have it and it is a wonderful archive of the Manders family shows and menageries. The author was able to use excerpts from the short biography of my mother's childhood that I wrote for her in the section devoted to Manders Grand Star Menagerie.... so pleased about that :)

The 2 little girls sitting right in front are mt great aunt Gladys Spencer and my nana Amelia Wright :)

Wow, cool old photo. Added to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clairvoyant Thanks for posting these!

that coachbuilt living wagon gets around a lot. Seen many photos of it at epson for Dert week but based in Blackpool.Walthal family very famous in their day. in facebook featured in gypsy travellers times past and Blackpool histry groups

One of the Walthall sisters from Blackpool. All long gone now..

Coachbuilt ccles still exists