2021 Rallys

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Originally Posted by Triton

Hi Charlie, it was a railway mans term at Plymouth Laira Depot for anything that was a complete shambles and should read " it is like Fred Carno's Circus". Don't ask me who Fred Carno was as I don't know. |The comment was usually addressed to the singularly inept traincrew management that existed at Laira between 1979 to 1986.

I've was lead to believe that Fred Carno's army was infact set up as a circus that went to America from England, Mr.Carno took with him Charlie Chaplin and Stan Lorral. I may be wrong and stand to be corrected, but thats what I was lead to believe.

[Earl Kitchener]

Not quite correct. Karno was a circus artist, comic , impressario and artists manager who mounted package shows for the halls and took troupes of discoveries, his army, like Chaplin and Laurel on tours of the states where they were poached by the fledgling studios.

[Triton]

Hi Roger, thanks for the correction.