Boswell Wilkie Circus times in South Africa, the circus announced that the touring side would stop. Their final performance was on 13 October in Alberton, Gauteng. The circus then moved to Randvaal. The circus continued to perform just for corporate functions and Christmas parties. The below is a post from their website as a last good bye: It is with great sadness that the Wilkie family have to announce that after many years of the Big top standing on the Boswell Wilkie Circus farm in Randvaal, the beloved Big Top, that holds so many precious memories for those young and old, will be
The Circus Is Coming the author, Angela Bull notes that while "most reviewers praised it warmly", the "Time and Tide" reviewer thoroughly disliked Peter and Santa, wishing that Noel had "killed them off, instead of trailing them through the book and nearly spoiling her excellent material". Noel Streatfeild received the Carnegie Medal for "The Circus Is Coming" in the award's third year. Her "Ballet Shoes" had been considered for the medal in the first year, as had Howard Spring's "Sampson's Circus". "The Circus Is Coming" combines the circus setting of Spring's adventure story (which also had illustrations by Spurrier) with the artiste training of