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Jamie Clubb
http://jamieclubb.blogspot.com
The official blog of Jamie Clubb, writer, media presenter and martial arts teacher. The blog focuses on Jamie's written work, his upcoming books, articles and DVDs. This is also the blog for Jamie's upcoming book "The Legend of Salt and Sauce: Britain's Most Famous Elephants".
Recent Posts
Circus Rosaire - a much awaited DVD
I am delighted to announce the release of the two disc DVD edition of the critically acclaimed "Circus Rosaire" documentary. The Rosaire family and their origins in circus are documented in my book "The Legend of Salt and Sauce". During my research I...
My Kingpole Article
Earlier this year a series of emails and subsequent discussions on Facebook prompted my father and I to write and research on a unique but relatively short-lived wild animal act known as the "Bounce" (aka the bouncing lions or the bouncer wagon). ...
A Bit of Sauce on the Paul O\'Grady Show
On Monday 2 November the Paul O’Grady Show presented a feature on circus. My parents have supplied a lot of animals for the show, but for some reason we were overlooked. Anyway, among the guests was none other than Ida Rosaire, the youngest member ...
Extracts from "We Went to the Zoo Today"
Here is an extract from Alan Ashby's excellent new book on British postcards during the golden age of the zoo. As you can see in the examples below, Alan has done his best to present the postcards in their raw form. I particularly like this touch. Th...
We Went to the Zoo Today
I am delighted to announce the release of Alan Ashby's new book on historical zoo postcards "We We Went to the Zoo Today... The Golden Age of Zoo Postcards". This book is a wonderful illustration of the bygone years of the zoo - both good and bad- in...
Did Granddad Bounce?
The bouncer wagon investigation persists, as does the controversy. At the time when I initially started posting up information here I received feedback from fellow circus people who weren't sure whether or not their relations had worked this rather u...


George and Sam Lockhart were my Great Great Uncles. Jamie has done a magnificent job of collecting information and history of my family. I couldn't put his book down and read it from cover to cover. Thank you again Jamie for keeping their history alive.
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