Bertram Mills Circus

BERTRAM MILLS CIRCUS. British circus began by Bertram Mills after WW1 which later became a household name famous in the UK for its Christmas shows at Olympia in London. It's heyday was the 1930-60s. His troupe was the last to perform with live animals on the Drury Lane theatre stage.  After their father's death on 16th April 1938 aged 64, both Bernard Notley and Cyril B Mills took over running the Bertram Mills Circus, sustaining its success until the early 1960s, when it was finally disbanded due to widespread television viewing. Cyril Mills served with MI5 during WW2 and was the spymaster who controlled "Garbo". Bernard died in 1985 and Cyril in 1991