Show Must Go On

Bernard Ross

Description

"running away from home" aged 15 Bernard Ross joined a travelling funfair, this book follows his adventures as one of the last live funfair wrestlers in the UK

Informations

• Publié par: Andrews UK
• Date de parution: 27 janvier 2015
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781785380594
• Langue: English

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Contents

Fron Maer ........................................................... î Tîtle Page ........................................................ î PublîsHer InFormatîon ................................... îî Dramatîs Personae ....................................... îîî AutHor’s Note ................................................. v

he Sow Mus Go On ........................................ 1 CHapter 1 ....................................................... 1 CHapter 2 ....................................................... 4 CHapter 3 ..................................................... 14 CHapter 4 ..................................................... 20 CHapter 5 ..................................................... 26 CHapter 6 ..................................................... 32 CHapter 7 ..................................................... 40 CHapter 8 ..................................................... 43 CHapter 9 ..................................................... 47 CHapter 10 ................................................... 50 CHapter 11 ................................................... 53 CHapter 12 ................................................... 64 CHapter 13 ................................................... 67 CHapter 14 ................................................... 71 CHapter 15 ................................................... 75 CHapter 16 ................................................... 78 CHapter 17 ................................................... 82

CHapter 18 ................................................... 86 CHapter 19 ................................................... 90 CHapter 20 ................................................... 94 CHapter 21 ................................................... 96 CHapter 22 ................................................. 100 CHapter 23 ................................................. 104 CHapter 24 ................................................. 107 CHapter 25 ................................................. 114 CHapter 26 ................................................. 116 CHapter 27 ................................................. 119 CHapter 28 ................................................. 122 CHapter 29 ................................................. 125 CHapter 30 ................................................. 128 CHapter 31 ................................................. 133 CHapter 32 ................................................. 135 CHapter 33 ................................................. 140

THE SHOW MUST GO ON

A young man’s advenures wî a raveîng sow în 1950s Brîaîn

Bernard Ross & Rus Saer

Publiser Information

he Sow Mus Go On Pubîsed în 2015 by Andrews UK îmîed www.andrewsuk.com

he rîgs o Bernard Ross & Rus Saer o be îdenîIed as e Auors o îs Work ave been assered by em în accordance wî e Copyrîg, Desîgns and Paens Ac 1998

Copyrîg © 2015 Bernard Ross & Rus Saer

A rîgs reserved. No par o îs pubîcaîon may be reproduced, sored în a rerîeva sysem, or ransmîed, în any orm or by any means wîou e prîor wrîen permîssîon o e pubîser, nor be oerwîse cîrcuaed în any orm o bîndîng or cover oer an a în wîc î îs pubîsed and wîou a sîmîar condîîon beîng împosed on e subsequen purcaser. Any person wo does so may be îabe o crîmîna prosecuîon and cîvî caîms or damages.

Dramatis Personae

Bernard Ross, “Bernie”: - Our Hero

Mr Hammerton Rose: - Proud owner o e Wazer

Don:- Mr Hammeron Rose’s nepew and rîg- and man

Old Mrs Rose: - enerabe Marîarc

Mr Carles Rose: - Proud owner o e Dodgems and eder broer o Mr Hammeron

Mrs Anne Rose: - Mr Cares Rose’s Wîe

Carlie: - Mr Cares’ son-and-eîr

Princess: - A dog o dubîous ancesry and arge ee

Fred ‘he Brakes’: - A unaîr ‘cap’ wî a se expanaory monîka

Helen: - A young ‘ady’ o dubîous moras and prodîgîous appeîes

Ernie: - A peanu and coa vendor wî a ow sandard o pubîc Hea and Saey

Bruno: - A caracerîsîcs

reaîve

o

Prîncess

wî

sîmîar

‘Jock’: - A Scosman o grea ear and împenerabe accen

Davey: - A gaf ad wî a srong sense o dîpomacy

Mr Cartwrigt: - A cîvî servan wî a srong sense o ared or our ero

Mike, Dave and Joe: - Young men wî a srong sense o se preservaîon bu a very ow sense o duy

Mal Bede: - A Sowman wî a punc

“Madame Renee”: - A orune eer wo coudn’ oresee a mea breakdown

Brady: - A rare breed; an uneducaed bu îneîgen proessîona Iger

George: - “he Harrow Hammer”: A wreser eadîng or a a and a submîssîon

Davy te Dustman: - A sand-up wreser

Iris Mick: - A ard man (o ge aong wî)

Altea: - A barmaîd wo emped me

Autor’s Note

hîs book as been wrîen în e 20eens; some 45 years ater e evens appened. he narraîve îs e resu o dîscussîons and noes made by Bernard în e pas year and en creaed as a sory by Rus. Consequeny, oug e evens descrîbed are a rea, e order, ocaîon and exac parîcîpans may ave sufered some degradaîon o memory or some poeîc îcence. Names ave been canged o proec e înnocen, and e no-so-înnocen.

Capter 1 An End

ïn er ands was a bouque o wîdLowers gaered rom e surroundîng meadows. Her coes were er ‘Sunday bes’, and se wore every pîece o er jeweery; neckaces, bracees and rîngs. he arge, god oop earrîngs, a se ad worn every day sînce se was seven years od were în er ears. Se even ad er ae usband’s mînîaure Grea War medas pînned o e breas o er back wooen coa, jus beow e ur-rîmmed coar. Se was cod. Sone cod. Sone cod dead. Se ad been ovîngy aîd on er narrow bed, dressed în er Inery, surrounded by a er possessîons. Ousîde, în e raîn, în a cîrce around er, sood er ‘amîy’. Some ory peope, rangîng în age rom babes-în-arms o peope în eîr sîxîes. To wo o em se was “Mum”, o oers, Grandma, Aunîe or Od Mrs Rose. he ‘od’ was no a erm o dîsrespec, bu a orma îe raer îke e queen ‘moer’. To some se was oved, o a se was respeced, o a coupe se ad been eared. hey sood în e drîzze, sîly and în sîence as a mark o respec. As e Irs îny ongue o Lame began o grow and muîpy aong e doorsep o er ‘van, ere was a papabe reaxaîon în e assembed cîrce o peope. hîs may no be e end, bu î was e begînnîng o e end. An our aer, e caravan roared. he ea rom î ad caused e ony movemen în e peope; ey ad suled back a ew ee o escape e wors o e ea a ad orîgînay been wecome în e cî eary mornîng mîs. he respecu sîence a ad pervaded e meadow was now saered by e crackîng o od îmbers, e sîzzîng and poppîng o bîserîng paîn and

e bursîng o jars and cans în er sore cupboards. he peope remaîned sîen. hîs was e passîng o e marîarc. houg er usband ad dîed many years beore, passîng e reîns o e Sow o er sons, se ad been ere or as ong as anyone coud remember; îndeed se ad îved nîney-sîx years wî e Sow, and or e pas seven ad never et er ‘van. Eac evenîng er eder son, Cares, ad knocked respecuy and aken a cup o ea and a gass o por wî îs Mum. Hîs wîe, Anne, ad cooked and deîvered Mrs Rose’s meas and ad ceaned e van eac day. ï ad aen o one o e young ads o empy er camber po wîce daîy. he po-beîed sove în e van ad no been cod or a pas seven years. Now î gowed red în e bazîng înerno. Sî e peope sood în respecu sîence.

Wî a oud bang, one o e ‘booms’ burs exposîvey. As a corner o e van dropped, e sock oad broke one o e maîn srucura oundaîon beams. As e Loor o e ‘van bucked e was caved înwards, pued by e remaînîng weîg o e cupboards and pîcures însîde. he barre roo broke în wo and coapsed, and e woe caravan dîsappeared în a coud o brîîan orange sparks and Lyîng embers. he assembed peope Lînced and were graeu a ey ad moved back earîer. Sî e peope sood în respecu sîence. As e coud o embers seed, e roarîng dîed down. Sarved o so muc aîr, e Ire ook on a ess aggressîve one, Lames danced raer an eapîng. Sî e peope sood în respecu sîence. Sowy e Lames became smaer. he as sandîng îmbers coapsed or sowy keeed over îno e brîg mass o smouderîng, red embers. Sî e peope sood în sîence, oug an observan and aer wacer woud ave seen e occasîona sule o ee as peope rîed o keep warm and acîng joîns movîng în e cod, damp, aternoon drîzze.