Back in the day, elephants parading through Reading town centre was a common sight. Although, it's fair to say it didn't make it any less remarkable seeing these huge beasts up close and personal.

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It’s not every day you see a marching band parading out of Derby’s Midland Railway Station. These photos were taken by former Derbeian Dave Upton in about 1953 and show the pomp and ceremony that ...

Here's something you don’t see every day. This is Kam the elephant, who came to Reading as part of Bertram Mills Circus. Kam was the star of the show. Circus owners claimed he was the only elephant in ...

Olga Kerr, who has died aged 91, was the last surviving daughter of Coco the Clown, the star performer in Bertram Mills Circus from 1929 to 1967. She herself became an accomplished circus performer as ...

A TOP City fund manager born into the Bertram Mills circus dynasty has been named as the highest-paid director of a publicly-quoted company. Christopher Mills, chief executive of the obscure North ...