Clown Alex Morley (front) with fire eater Antonio Candela, who will both be appearing in the Russells International Circus, near Sheringham.
Stuck circus wagon causes a bit of a performance on road near Sheringham
Alex Hurrell
Sunday, March 17, 2013
2:13 PM
A long circus vehicle which became stuck on a bridge this lunchtime, blocked a north Norfolk road for a short time.
The Russells International Circus wagon was trying to negotiate a bridge on Briton’s Lane, Beeston Regis, near Sheringham, when the angle of the vehicle meant that fuel trickled to the back, starving the engine, according to a police spokesman.
Police were called to the scene shortly after 1pm. Traffic was moving slowly again by about 1.45pm.
Russells will be putting up the Big Top ready for performances at Cookies car boot site, Beeston Regis, between Wednesday, March 27 and Sunday, April 14.
A special fundraising show for the East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices, in particular the Quidenham centre, will be held on Thursday, March 28 at 6pm.
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6 comments
Well I didn't know that. I stand corrected.
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Lord Elf
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Great respect to Russell's Circus for coming on here and answering their critics. Well done.
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David Pritchard
Sunday, March 17, 2013
What a bunch of clowns!
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KeithS
Sunday, March 17, 2013
In reply to Lord Elf, every year the Circus visits it gets a special permit to go down Britains lane as the large lorries cannot negotiate the small roundabouts, in Sheringham and Cromer, the roundabout at the bottom of holoway road is to small to get round for our large lorries, we are sorry if our broken down lorry caused ant disruption and would like to offer anyone affected, half price tickets to our show, simply quote this article at the box office to get your discount, ( NOT VALID WEDNESDAYS )
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Russells Circus
Sunday, March 17, 2013
In reply to Lord Elf, every year the Circus visits it gets a special permit to go down Britains lane as the large lorries cannot negotiate the small roundabouts, in Sheringham and Cromer, the roundabout at the bottom of holoway road is to small to get round for our large lorries, we are sorry if our broken down lorry caused ant disruption and would like to offer anyone affected, half price tickets to our show, simply quote this article at the box office to get your discount, ( NOT VALID WEDNESDAYS )
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Russells Circus
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Hope the police issued the lorry with a fixed penalty and fine for ignoring the weight limit signs..... WHY didn't it go down Holway road?
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Lord Elf
Sunday, March 17, 2013