The Cheltenham Elephant Invasion Mosaics revisited
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The Cheltenham Elephant Invasion Mosaics revisited
Image: © John M Taken: 12 Oct 2017
Description by Terry Jacombs from Image The Cheltenham Elephant Invasion Mosaics! In 1934, three elephants from Chapman's Circus visiting Cheltenham were paraded through the town and one of them invaded a local seed merchants (Bloodworths). Whether an accident or a deliberate publicity stunt - who knows? The event is portrayed in five mosiacs in the passage leading from Grosvenor Place South to the High Street on the wall of a 1970s/1980 retail development. There is still a Bloodworths store in Cheltenham, on the Bath Road, now a pet/hardware/general store. Without the graffiti. Elephant Mural (1993) mosaic panels by Turton and Robertson.
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