The Great Van Amburgh Menagerie
In September 1842, an American animal trainer arrived in Newport as part of his Welsh tour. He displayed an elephant, Bengal tiger, lion and several leopards in a field off Caerleon Road near Clarence Place.
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Mr Cornwall's Royal Olympic Circus
In 1842, Mr Cornwall's Royal Olympic Circus visited Newport and over the period of around a month entertained residents of Newport including the Morgan's at an arena in Clarence Place.
Volume 1, Number 29
Lliswerry House for sale, a need for lighting on the Marshes Road, the Newport Queen of Trumps, a fatal accident near Maindee, man changed with cleaning a horse on the highway, Mr Love the ventriloquist and a fire at Duckpool Farm.
Volume 1, Number 28
A dreadful hailstorm in Caerleon, the Carpenter's Arms for sale in 1835, potato stealing, a 'fat, brazen, Amazonian lady', mud on the streets and did the town centre used to have a Fives Court?
Volume 1, Number 27
The Ethiopian Melodists, stealing a spoon, a house for sale near the Court-y-Bella Machine, fighting in Pill and a trotting match between Newport and Cardiff.
Volume 1, Number 26
The Happy Little Japs at the New Empire, a controversial nude painting, summer clothing for the police, furious driving and man dresses up as a women with a hideous mask and scares the residents of Baneswell.