"They seemed, like all good circus and variety acts should seem, as if they were from a different place. That our rules didn't quite apply to them." TEN GIGS - A SELECTIVE MEMOIR BY MAT RICARDO ONLY AT MATRICARDO.SUBSTACK.COM

This was my "wanting to run away to join the circus" moment.. and I kinda did...

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"They shouted, sweated, ran around, climbed things, teased the audience, ate people's chips, and did incredible tricks. Well, tricks that they told us were incredible..." TEN GIGS - A SELECTIVE MEMOIR BY MAT RICARDO. ONLY AT MATRICARDO.SUBSTACK.COM

Whitby bandstand, August 1983.
The show that changed my life.

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TEN GIGS - CHAPTER ONE The Bandstand, West Cliff, Whitby. August 1983

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Whitby bandstand. August 1983. The show that changed my life.

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