Among the manufactures are woollen goods, towels, canned fruit and vegetables, dairy products, beer, and circus wagons (the city is the headquarters of the Ringling and the Gollmar circuses).
South of the Thames the thoroughfares crossing the river between Lambeth and Bermondsey converge upon two circuses, St George's and the Elephant and Castle.
Wolverhampton had been visited by many famous Victorian circuses and menageries but had never seen anything on this scale.
These activities include hunting with dogs, animal circuses, tethering of horses and ponies and giving animal prizes.
There are now just 8 traveling animal circuses, the lowest number ever.
