Dictionary

Most people know what an ordinary dictionary is and most people know how useful such a book is. Manny times I have received emails from people around the world asking for words and terms they did not understand or would have translated. I remember a question from a French guy who was working on a film asking me – what a "howda" is. To be honest I did not know - not even a clue. I told the guy to ask someone else and was very irritated over my own knowledge. Another question I received was the word "hock" means and for the second time I had to leave a negative answer.

Suddenly someday I received a package from my circus Friend in England Mr. John Cooper – John is a writer on the very famous circus Magazine "King Pole" and has been extremely helpful with lots of information on this page. John has many times corrected my poor English on my page and that is maybe the reason for this special gift? In the envelope was a red book titled "CIRCUS DICTIONARY" and from now on I should never spell circus Poodle wrong.

What a gift almost 100 pages with special circus words and terms from the world of circus. I did not know there was more than 1000 special words used by circus people but there is. Lots of the words are well known but many of them I haven’t heard before. Immediately I remembered the two questions I received months before on Email and yes both words were included in the dictionary. Personally I use this book almost everyday and now I can’t imagine how I could live without it. The build in windows spelling control pops up a warning almost every time you use some of those special circus words – so there is no help there if you aren’t sure about the word is spelled correct. Now I got my circus Dictionary to help me out.

Lots of pictures comes with the Dictionary

If 1000 words isn’t enough the book comes with a lot of pictures and a few written illustrations. The foreword is made by world famous ringmaster – Mr. Norman Barrat and the research is made by The National fairground archive and the university of Sheffield library. Are you a circus collector it is a great book and at the same time it is very useful if there should be any questions. The pictures in the book are very nice photos and are absolutely candy for the eye.

If you should be interested to own this master piece it is possible

The Circus Dictionary is published by Aardvark Publishing for The Circus Friends Association. It is compiled by Geoff Stevens - with a little help from his friends.

As regards price and availability, the cost is £14 for the Paperback version and £21 for the Hardback, plus postage and packaging in each case.

Payment in Sterling (i.e. British currency) only.

Cheques etc made payable to CIRCUS FRIENDS ASSOCIATION.

Most major credit cards can be accepted, but ANYBODY WHO SENDS CREDIT CARD DETAILS THROUGH THE MAIL DOES SO AT HIS OWN RISK.   There is an extra charge of £2 on credit card purchases, no matter how many items are ordered at the same time, so potential buyers are advised to check the website before ordering in case there are other items they may want.

www.circusfriends.co.uk/shop.html

Orders by post should be sent to:

Philip Roylance,

172, Hebble Lane,

Wheatley,

Halifax,

HX3 5JN,

England.

Telephone enquiries: +44(0)1422 341062

Between 18:00 and 20:30 LOCAL TIME, Monday to Saturday ONLY.

Allow 28 days for delivery.