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The UK's only surviving Edwardian flea circus has emerged for auction more than 50 years after its ringmaster hung up his hat.<br />
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Professor Len Tomlin's Flea Circus was a popular attraction in the first half of the 20th century and featured the tiny insects pulling chariots, balancing on high wires and swinging on trapezes.<br />
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The quirky miniature attraction is now being sold at Sworders Auction House by former museum owner Ankie Wild, who bought it from Tomlin's wife in the late 1980s.

BNPS.co.uk (01202) 558833.
Pic: ZacharyCulpin/BNPS

Roll up, roll up...

The UK's only surviving Edwardian flea circus has emerged for auction more than 50 years after its ringmaster hung up his hat.

Professor Len Tomlin's Flea Circus was a popular attraction in the first half of the 20th century and featured the tiny insects pulling chariots, balancing on high wires and swinging on trapezes.

The quirky miniature attraction is now being sold at Sworders Auction House by former museum owner Ankie Wild, who bought it from Tomlin's wife in the late 1980s.