An elephant with holidaymakers at Butlins, Filey
A crowd of holidaymakers at Butlin's holiday camp, Filey, pose with an obliging elephant known as Big Charlie. aBig Charlie was moved from Ayr, Scotland to Filey in the late 1950s. Billy Butlin put an advert in The Times offering 1, 000 in cash for the safe delivery of Big Charlie over the distance. The advertisement caused a media storm and Big Charlie became an overnight celebrity. He was described by Butlin's publicity as "the largest elephant in captivity". ~~~~
Picture No
10691056
Media ID
46862640
Size
5000px x 3879px
(1.5MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Unattributed photograph
Date
c.1959
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