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One way to announce your arrival in town with a bang is to use a cannon, and that's just what Garden Brothers Circus clown Jimmy Troy pretended to do (...)
One way to announce your arrival in town with a bang is to use a cannon, and that's just what Garden Brothers Circus clown Jimmy Troy pretended to do (...)

One way to announce your arrival in town with a bang is to use a cannon, and that's just what Garden Brothers Circus clown Jimmy Troy pretended to do (...)

Date5/11/1971
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  • One way to announce your arrival in town with a bang is to use a cannon; and that's just what Garden Brothers Circus clown Jimmy Troy pretended to do yesterday with the help of colleagues Tommy Cooper (left) and Raymo. Show opens tomorrow at Maple Leaf Gardens and is one of two in Toronto this week. The other is the Hanneford Circus which opens today at North York Centennial Centre.
  • One way to announce your arrival in town with a bang is to use a cannon, and that's just what Garden Brothers Circus clown Jimmy Troy pretended to do (...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: One way to announce your arrival in town with a bang is to use a cannon; and that's just what Garden Brothers Circus clown Jimmy Troy pretended to do yesterday with the help of colleagues Tommy Cooper (left) and Raymo. Show opens tomorrow at Maple Leaf Gardens and is one of two in Toronto this week. The other is the Hanneford Circus which opens today at North York Centennial Centre.
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