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Grand Star Menagerie Visits Blantyre, 1893

It was a day when a troupe of enormous lions came to Blantyre…..132 years ago. Here’s a long forgotten piece of Blantyre history which I’m resurrecting here. Hopefully this is the first time you’ve heard of this. In Springtime 1893, EH Bostock the famous entrepreneur was touring with his menagerie of exotic animals all over […]