The circus comes to Epping town as seen at the top of this page in the 1880s.
Complete with elephants, camels and ponies, it must have been quite a spectacle for the locals to witness at the time.
Cars are now being driven where animals once paraded
The Water Tower (built in 1872) can be seen in the background.
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