b'There is more to this photograph than the Steam Circus cart. We know there was a butcher where the open double doors are on the opposite side of the main street. That could be him standing outside.Down from the butchers was the police house. You can just see a notice board (with a wanted poster on it?) to the left of the door and (with a magnifying glass) the constabulary sign over the door.The contraption by Culines cart is possibly a barrel, on wheels, that is used to get the water from the beck that is used to power the steam driven attraction. Further up the becktwo horses can be seen grazing, possibly the ones that pull Culines cart and caravans.William Culines Steam Circus The View From The HillsIn 2003 I attempted to find out more about W.Returning to the wanderings of F. Slights, he Culine on the internet. Miraculously a Directory ofcontinued on his way up the village and out of it. He Travelling Showmen included the email address fortook a walk up to Milners Wood where he stopped a J. C. Culine. In response to an email query sent tofor a long-distance shot that he entitled A View From him, he replied as follows: The Hills. Just a portion of this is shown opposite. I was very surprised and interested when youThe village looks a bit distant in it but the sent me your email in connection with William Culine.photograph is of sufficient quality to allow enlargement Yes, we are the family of W. Culine; he was mywhich shows some interesting detail: a derelict grandfathers brother. building on the main street between where Nos 90 The name Culine was adopted some 100 yearsand 91 are now; the Hall Farm stack yard and farm ago, our real name at that time was Cullen, but thebuildings behind the dwellings on the main street; performing name (Circus performers) was Culine. activity at the cross roads and . the attraction that William Culine travelled with his brother Clifford,came with the Steam Circus along with the travellers who had a Steam Galloping Horse Ride; they travelledcaravans (see detail). Close inspection of this detail, all over the country, but William spent a lot of time inon a high resolution scan, shows more clearly than the Yorkshire area, finally settling down in Cottingwith,ever the round topped travellers caravan positioned near York. on this side of the sideshow by the sign for the Cross At their fairs there would have probably been theKeys Inn.galloping horse ride, the circus, swing boats, stallsSurely, it must have been taken by F. Slights on the and Shows. same day as the others!William Culine died at the age of 82 in 1951 atWe have got a lot to thank F. Slights for!East Cottingwith where we were able to find his gravestone.BULLETIN 18 359'