Charlie Cairoli "39 YEARS UNDER THE TOWER" by Nigel Male and Steven B Richley

An incredible "GRAND EVENT- BOOK LAUNCH" is taking place this November (2019)😍🤓😍

"39 YEARS UNDER THE TOWER" by Nigel Male and Steven B Richley is being published.

This book will be available for pre-order from the 1st of June 2019 but equally important is that the official launch is going to be a something not to be missed.

On Friday 1st November 2019, in the ring of the World Famous Blackpool Tower Circus at 6.00pm "39 Years Under The Tower" goes live. All VIP ticket holders will then travel from the Tower to the Imperial Hotel on Tram 227... The "Charlie Cairoli" *. You will be welcomed to the hotel with a glass of something "bubbly" then a sumptuous 3 course gala dinner...there will be wine flowing, chocolates and coffee, a grand raffle, an auction and more. You will also be able to stay in this superb hotel at a specially arranged discounted rate**. The following day you will return to the Tower to see the 2019 circus. This will also be the last week of the illumination season! It´s gonna be so much fun.!!

The book itself will only have a first edition print of 1,000... made even more extraordinary by the fact that the first 250 of this print will be signed by Charlie Cairoli Jnr and another "surprise" circus legend. Those lucky enough to have one of these rare books will also receive an exclusive colour print from the Cairoli Family´s private collection.

All proceeds from the limited edition book, the auction and raffle will be going to Charlie Cairoli´s family charities which will be distributed via his lodge.

Read more about this event at...
https://www.39yearsunderthetower.co.uk/

Register for the event here
https://www.39yearsunderthetower.co.u...

Contact Nigel via PM or Tel: 01264 355625 or Mob: 07826 500115

Don´t miss your chance to join in the fun!!!!!!

*Tram journey will be limited to 50 people. Numbers include our VIP guests so it will simply be first come first served!

**Discounted rates will apply on standard rooms.

This clip is a small part of Charlie Cairoli´s Act taken from a 1970´s edition of "Sea Side Special". You can watch the full clip on Nigel Male´s You Tube Channel (Circus as it Should Be) here    • Seaside Special with Charlie Cairoli  

More on Charlie Cairoli...

Born in Italy to a travelling circus family of French origin, he began his performing career at the age of seven, under the name 'Carletto'. He met his future wife Violetta Fratellini, who was also from a circus family, in 1934 when they were both working at the Cirque Medrano at Montmartre: he was with his father, Jean-Marie Cairoli (1879–1956), in a clown act called 'The Cairoli Brothers'.

In early 1939 the Cairolis appeared at the Circus Krone in Munich, in a special performance attended by Adolf Hitler, who afterward presented Cairoli with a watch. In September, when the Second World War broke out, Cairoli was performing at the Blackpool Tower Circus for the first time; in response to the news of war, he walked to the end of North Pier in Blackpool and threw the watch into the Irish Sea. He chose to stay in the town, where he lived for the rest of his life.

In 1943 he appeared in Happidrome a film based on the radio series of the same name, with his father. In 1952 he appeared in the crime drama film, Secret People. On 11 and 25 November 1962 he performed his clown act on the American television variety show, The Ed Sullivan Show on CBS. On 1 January 1966 he appeared on David Nixon's Comedy Bandbox. He also appeared on the American television variety show on ABC The Hollywood Palace twice in 1966.

Cairoli was distinguished in his act by wearing a red nose and a Charlie Chaplin-style bowler hat, eyebrows, and costume, and a moustache slightly larger than Chaplin's. He rose to prominence in the United Kingdom in the 1970s owing to his frequent television appearances, not least on his long-running children's show Right Charlie!. He was the best-known clown on British television at one time, and had a career that spanned well over forty years.

He was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1970 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at London's Wembley Arena.

He performed at Blackpool Tower Circus every summer season for forty years, a world record for the most performances at a single venue. He also performed on stage in variety shows and pantomime, including the Grand Theatre in Leeds and Alhambra in Bradford. His appearance in Jack and the Beanstalk in 1972 was the most successful pantomime at Leeds City Varieties and later that year he brought Christmas shopping to a standstill as he led hundreds of youngsters through the streets of Leeds and herded them to the City Varieties where he gave a special show to 600 invited children.

In June 1979, ill health forced his withdrawal from the Tower Circus ring and he was admitted to hospital suffering from exhaustion. He finally announced his retirement in November of that year; he was 69.