RECENT Memories have been discussing circus trains of the 1950s, and Richard Barber of the JW Armstrong Trust has very kindly sent in this superb picture of Bertram Mills’ circus in the goods yard at ...

Clowns Thom “Skootchee” Stevenson (left) of Milton, Del., and Jim “Poppo” Shores of Baltimore, Md., uncover the wreath during the dedication of the Walter L. Main Circus Train Wreck monument and park ...

Clowns Thom “Skootchee” Stevenson (left) of Milton, Del., and Jim “Poppo” Shores of Baltimore, Md., uncover the wreath during the dedication of the Walter L. Main Circus Train Wreck monument and park ...

DURHAM railway station, with its stupendous elevated views over the city to the cathedral, is one of the most famous stations in the world. It, though, is a newcomer, first opened in 1857 on the west ...