RickAns
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Just discovered this neat video. Thanks to whoever made and shared it. Has some nice footage of the area of June-ish (?) 2020. The narrator mentions Holmfirth had a zoo at one time which seemed very popular. Something I did not know. Also that there was a lady who owned a tiger and would take it for walkies! Made me think of the episode where Truly warms Norman Wisdom about a big cat on the loose. Any of you in the area remember hearing anything about the zoo or tiger when younger?
Video
A quick googly search found these
Fenella the Tiger
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www.mentalfloss.com
The zoo
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Video
A quick googly search found these
Fenella the Tiger
Fenella the tiger: Exhibition on Holmfirth's unlikely resident
The life of a tiger that lived in a West Yorkshire town in the 1940s is documented in a photo exhibition.
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The Tiger Who Came to Tea … In the Middle of Rural Yorkshire
Long before the reign of the Tiger King, the Overend family owned Fenella, a tame tiger was permitted to run wild in the fields around the English village of Holmfirth.
www.mentalfloss.com
The zoo
There was once a Honley fairground that attracted thousands
Hope Bank Gardens even had a zoo!
