Just found a wonderful local history book -”A Century of Lewisham” by John Coulter. One of the best images from it, showing a caravan of camels traipsing up Tranquil Vale towards “Billy Smart’s Circus” on the heath, in the 1950s. The camels were supposed to have been Algerian veterans from the Foreign Legion. Click the photo for a closer look.
June 24, 2008...7:14 pm
Blackheath Camels
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June 25, 2008 at 7:31 pm
[...] Blackheath Camels from when circuses did that sort of thing [...]
June 26, 2008 at 11:58 am
Great picture – do you have a by-line for it?
June 26, 2008 at 12:24 pm
According to the book, there’s a good chance that it came from the Lewisham Local Studies Centre:
http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/ContactUs/Contacts/LocalHistoryAndArchivesCentre.htm
But it doesn’t credit the photograph specifically. I should add that the photo is not mine, so is not covered by the creative commons license on this site, and will be immediately removed from the site, should someone contact me about any copyright issue.