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The Stanley Circus Comes to Town

This was taken out of the virtual programme for tonights game:
During the late 1940s, Accrington Stanley's <ST1:PLACENAME w:st="on">Peel <ST1:PLACETYPE w:st="on">Park ground was used as a winter camping ground for the Chipperfield family Circus. Elephants were housed in the dug-outs, and the football pitch became home for lions, tigers, snakes and monkeys. </ST1:PLACETYPE></ST1:PLACENAME>
<ST1:PLACENAME w:st="on"><ST1:PLACETYPE w:st="on"></ST1:PLACETYPE></ST1:PLACENAME>
<ST1:PLACENAME w:st="on"><ST1:PLACETYPE w:st="on">Is it true? Must have been huge dugouts!!:):)
</ST1:PLACETYPE></ST1:PLACENAME>

Re: The Stanley Circus Comes to Town

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Originally Posted by Pendle Red (Post 453649)

This was taken out of the virtual programme for tonights game:
During the late 1940s, Accrington Stanley's <?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = ST1 /><ST1:PLACENAME w:st="on">Peel <ST1:PLACETYPE w:st="on">Park ground was used as a winter camping ground for the Chipperfield family Circus. Elephants were housed in the dug-outs, and the football pitch became home for lions, tigers, snakes and monkeys. </ST1:PLACETYPE></ST1:PLACENAME>
<ST1:PLACENAME w:st="on"><ST1:PLACETYPE w:st="on"></ST1:PLACETYPE></ST1:PLACENAME>
<ST1:PLACENAME w:st="on"><ST1:PLACETYPE w:st="on">Is it true? Must have been huge dugouts!!:):)
</ST1:PLACETYPE></ST1:PLACENAME>

Sounds like a prime candidate for HRs propossed "Bollocks' thread on the OSC forum...:D