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Man who made elephants

... Stuart, of Water Lane. Thaxted. Essex, lately carrying on business said in 1948-49 he had a contract , to build 25 mechanical elephants. - A company was formed. of which he was managing director. to make life-size walking elephants, and six were sent ...

Published: Wednesday 30 April 1952
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 96 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

CIRCUSTHE REAL

... battle to preserve Eating Courson against the circus. and especially elephants, must raise a wry smie on many lips Mechanical elephants called bulldozers are likely to have full reign for a period in order to make footprints and tracks of a more permanent ...

Published: Friday 17 December 1971
Newspaper: Middlesex County Times
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 116 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

WEIRD, AND WOND-ERFUL Striking back with

... Magic It's this collection of weird and wonderful characters that gives the Mm its magical pull. They include enormous mechanical elephants which spit death and twolegged camel-like creatures which hop like rab- ...

Published: Friday 23 May 1980
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 164 | Page: 21 | Tags: none

Rootes children's party was a huge success

... amusements, including a miniature railway capable of carrying 30 to 40 children, rounabouts. autodrome. motor-cycle ride, mechanical elephants, switchback and swings, had been provided. and as they were free, they only stopped load and unload all the afternoon ...

Published: Friday 26 June 1953
Newspaper: West London Observer
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 391 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

300 WORKED ON TO LET THE FAMILIES SEE 'WHAT DAD DOES'

... in industry as the man To entertain young visitors, a complete fairground was set up with roundabouts, switchbacks, mechanical elephants, Punch and Judy and pierrot shows—all free. HONG KONG STOPS OIL AND TYRE SHIPMENT A Hong Kong magistrate has ordered ...

Published: Monday 18 June 1951
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 438 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

A LETTER FROM MAYFAIR

... just as well not to have an inventor within the family circle. The automaton riding a cycle in a Bristol road, the mechanical elephants being built and covered in an assembly line for circuses and pageants, and Professor Low surrounded by all kinds of ...

Published: Friday 07 December 1951
Newspaper: Truth
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 976 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

lost sermon

... through the tunnel. His elephants really work ! DETER SELLERS told a I lighthearted story in our issue of May 31 about a mechanical elephant he bought and which, he said, collapsed under its inventor on a trial. Mr. Frank Stuart, the ell-known creator of mechanical ...

Published: Sunday 28 June 1964
Newspaper: The People
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 510 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

Mechanical elephant‘ was

... Mechanical elephant‘ was “F . ' attraction ALL the fun of the fair was ‘ in store for the children at 'the Fountain Hospital, Tootin% annual fete on Saturday. ‘ iggest attraction was the 6-foothigh mechanical elephant giving trips on his back to_ half ...

Published: Friday 27 June 1958
Newspaper: Streatham News
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 165 | Page: 18 | Tags: none

Robot Jumbo was popular with kiddies A biz-foot high mechanical elephant capable of carrying six youngsters was ..

... Robot Jumbo was popular with kiddies A biz-foot high mechanical elephant capable of carrying six youngsters was the centre of Interest for children at the annual fete of the Fountain Hospital for Mentally Deficient Children on Saturday. Kiddies queued ...

Published: Friday 27 June 1958
Newspaper: South Western Star
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 87 | Page: 3 | Tags: none