Beamish heavy transport

I was telling my 95 year old Aunt, who worked for Sole Bros and Perry's Circuses, about the elephant on Swishy's truck.

She then told me she used to drive the elephant truck during the war.

Apparently the brakes failed one day and she ran it into an embankment to stop just out of Young and the truck was left there as parts were simply not available and the elephants then had to walk to the next town.

She then went on to tell me about a Bull Elephant going nuts and killing the trainer and the workers having to poison it with arsenic treated apples to kill it. The town wouldn't allow the elephant to be buried so two of the crew stayed behind for 2 weeks burning the carcase. Damned big BBQ!

Circuses can no longer have Bull elephants in Australia.

Mmmmmmmmm

Elle burgers

:lol:

cya

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She then went on to tell me about a Bull Elephant going nuts and killing the trainer and the workers having to poison it with arsenic treated apples to kill it. The town wouldn't allow the elephant to be buried so two of the crew stayed behind for 2 weeks burning the carcase. Damned big BBQ!

Sweetest meat I ever smelt. oops, that's cyanide.

Bit of a milestone just created
we now have 3000 images on our web

Clikity .............. ClikClikClik

OR

www.beamish.biz/photo.htm

Sum say ...' why so many pix'
we say ..............Why Not
all pix albums arranged by loads etc

me now need to fix a few broken linx
LOL

cya

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