Proprieter of the origional marionettes.
Walter Calver was a traveller and a showman. He toured the North of England with his 'original marionettes', travelling to the fairs at Hull, Manchester, Blackburn, Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, Halifax & Bradford. He had a portable theatre which could accommodate a thousand people and children would flock to see his shows. As a special treat on Christmas day, he would entertain the children at the Bradford Workhouse.
Proprieter of the origional marionettes.
Walter Calver was a traveller and a showman. He toured the North of England with his 'original marionettes', travelling to the fairs at Hull, Manchester, Blackburn, Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, Halifax & Bradford. He had a portable theatre which could accommodate a thousand people and children would flock to see his shows. As a special treat on Christmas day, he would entertain the children at the Bradford Workhouse.
See more Calver memorials in:
Records on Ancestry
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West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1935
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England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915
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England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
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England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995
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1851 England Census
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