![Atop Empire State- in construction; Chrysler Bldg & [Daily] News in middle foreground. (1931)](../../../img/Atop-Empire-State-in-construction-Chrysler-Bldg-Daily-News-in-middle-foreground.-1931--199x123.jpg "Balancing on the Empire State")
‘The Hoppings is a popular fair in the North East of England, held in the last full week of June every year on Newcastle’s Town Moor.
‘The Hoppings started out as a Temperance Festival in 1882, to coincide with the ‘Summer Race Meeting’ at Gosforth Park, which was seen as a source of drunkenness.’
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Thank you to Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Pretty amazing photos. I love to see things like this from years ago…before my time.
That looks incredible!
The ladies all look secksy
That Lee Bennett is not so incredible, I could guess anyone’s age given a year to do it. ;o)
Somehow I doubt they brought him in from Montreal, either.
Why not bring him in from Montreal? Travelling circus acts were hardly uncommon back then. North American acts toured Europe all the time.