A circus horse kisses a woman, 1981 hipster England’s highest mountain

England’s highest mountain

in Gloucestershire

which is where Guardian photographer Denis Thorpe captured them rehearsing at Manchester’s Opera House in the summer of 1976

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Hand Printed in the UK

A circus horse kisses a woman, 1981 hipster England’s highest mountainIn 1981, the last Belle Vue Christmas Circus rolled up at Manchesters Kings Hall. It had been a regular Christmas date since the 1920s: a traditional family circus with a ringmaster, band, tigers, bears and performing ponies, along with acrobats, strongmen and clowns. The Guardian photographer Don McPhee was there to take this picture of a woman being kissed by one of the circuss horses as part of an act. McPhee, who was based in Manchester, began his