Circus Origin
May 6, 2015 - The Chairman in News & Blog Posts, Chairman's Blog
Who knows about Circus Ginnett? I certainly didn’t until the other day, when it was mentioned on the field of Waterloo. Show business started for the Ginnetts, a French family, in Briton after they were captured at Waterloo. At this time Ginnetts were big horse people and thought to be in the French cavalry. They were brought to England on prison ships. When the wars were over and prisoners released the Ginnetts stayed in England. It was Jean Pier Ginnett who started in show business, with his Pony and Budgerigar show in Ludgate Circus, London. Ginnett’s grew to become one of the UK’s largest circuses between the years of 1890 and 1930. They exist to the this day but few will know of the Waterloo connection. http://www.circusginnett.com/