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 ===Clowning at Home and Abroad===
-[[File:Jimmy_Scott.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Jimmy Scott at Bertram Mills Circus (c.1960)]]Although he never toured with Mills during the summer, he remained with that crown jewel of the British circuses until its very last season at Olympia, in the winter of 1966-1967. Jimmy Scott, who had by then long given up touring, was obviously attracted by sedentary engagements; nonetheless, he went back on the road during the 1968 and 1969 seasons with [[Circus Knie]] in Switzerland&mdash;a circus known for its excellence, comfort and perfect organization, which was what probably attracted him. There, he partnered with Circus Knie's long-serving and iconic reprise auguste [[Knieli]] (Arthur Nock, 1910-1979).
+[[File:Jimmy_Scott.jpg|400px|thumb|left|Jimmy Scott at Bertram Mills Circus (c.1960)]]Although he never toured with Mills during the summer, he remained with that crown jewel of the British circuses until its very last season at Olympia, in the winter of 1966-1967. Jimmy Scott, who had by then long given up touring, was obviously attracted by sedentary engagements; nonetheless, he went back on the road during the 1968 and 1969 seasons with [[Circus Knie]] in Switzerland&mdash;a circus known for its excellence, comfort and perfect organization, which was what probably attracted him. There, he partnered with Circus Knie's long-serving and iconic reprise auguste [[Knieli]] (Arthur Nock, 1910-1979).
 Then he returned to Britain and, in the early 1970s, he toured with his old partners Bobby and Tommy Robert’s [[Robert Bros. Circus]] and appeared during a few Christmas seasons at the famous [[Belle Vue International Circus]] in Manchester&mdash;more fitted to his sedentary tastes! He was in his sixties then, but he continued working with such traveling circuses as [[Gerry Cottle]]’s, [[The Chipperfield Family|Sally Chipperfield]]’s, [[Mary Chipperfield]]’s, and others.

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 ===Clowning at Home and Abroad===
-[[File:Jimmy_Scott.jpg|400px|thumv|right|Jimmy Scott at Bertram Mills Circus (c.1960)]]Although he never toured with Mills during the summer, he remained with that crown jewel of the British circuses until its very last season at Olympia, in the winter of 1966-1967. Jimmy Scott, who had by then long given up touring, was obviously attracted by sedentary engagements; nonetheless, he went back on the road during the 1968 and 1969 seasons with [[Circus Knie]] in Switzerland&mdash;a circus known for its excellence, comfort and perfect organization, which was what probably attracted him. There, he partnered with Circus Knie's long-serving and iconic reprise auguste [[Knieli]] (Arthur Nock, 1910-1979).
+[[File:Jimmy_Scott.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Jimmy Scott at Bertram Mills Circus (c.1960)]]Although he never toured with Mills during the summer, he remained with that crown jewel of the British circuses until its very last season at Olympia, in the winter of 1966-1967. Jimmy Scott, who had by then long given up touring, was obviously attracted by sedentary engagements; nonetheless, he went back on the road during the 1968 and 1969 seasons with [[Circus Knie]] in Switzerland&mdash;a circus known for its excellence, comfort and perfect organization, which was what probably attracted him. There, he partnered with Circus Knie's long-serving and iconic reprise auguste [[Knieli]] (Arthur Nock, 1910-1979).
 Then he returned to Britain and, in the early 1970s, he toured with his old partners Bobby and Tommy Robert’s [[Robert Bros. Circus]] and appeared during a few Christmas seasons at the famous [[Belle Vue International Circus]] in Manchester&mdash;more fitted to his sedentary tastes! He was in his sixties then, but he continued working with such traveling circuses as [[Gerry Cottle]]’s, [[The Chipperfield Family|Sally Chipperfield]]’s, [[Mary Chipperfield]]’s, and others.

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-[[File:Jimmy_Scott.jpg|400px|right]]A talented and versatile performer and a celebrated British reprise (or "carpet," or "run-in") auguste, James Benjamin Scott, better known as Jimmy Scott (1915-1995), was born on December 6, 1915, in Walsall, in the West Midlands, England, in his parents’ caravan. He came from circus stock: His father was a bareback rider, and the family was allied to the Freemans and the [[The Hanneford Family|Hannefords]]. One of Jimmy’s uncles was Jimmy Freeman, better known as the clown [[Pimpo]], second of the name&mdash;a famous clown who had been a staple of [[Lord George Sanger’s Circus]]. (The original Pimpo, whom Jimmy Freeman replaced, was Herbert Sanger.)
+A talented and versatile performer and a celebrated British reprise (or "carpet," or "run-in") auguste, James Benjamin Scott, better known as Jimmy Scott (1915-1995), was born on December 6, 1915, in Walsall, in the West Midlands, England, in his parents’ caravan. He came from circus stock: His father was a bareback rider, and the family was allied to the Freemans and the [[The Hanneford Family|Hannefords]]. One of Jimmy’s uncles was Jimmy Freeman, better known as the clown [[Pimpo]], second of the name&mdash;a famous clown who had been a staple of [[Lord George Sanger’s Circus]]. (The original Pimpo, whom Jimmy Freeman replaced, was Herbert Sanger.)
 Like all circus kids of his generation, Jimmy Scott was trained in tumbling acrobatics and a variety of circus disciplines, with an emphasis on his father’s specialty, bareback riding. He became an excellent tumbler. In the 1930s, Jimmy, who had until then performed in various circuses in Britain, including the [[Royal Italian Circus]] (which was a stage show), eventually landed in the [[Chapman Circus]] of George Bruce Chapman (1885-1935)&mdash;one of Britain's foremost animal dealers and a pioneer of the circus-menagerie in the United Kingdom.
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-Although he never toured with Mills during the summer, he remained with that crown jewel of the British circuses until its very last season at Olympia, in the winter of 1966-1967. Jimmy Scott, who had by then long given up touring, was obviously attracted by sedentary engagements; nonetheless, he went back on the road during the 1968 and 1969 seasons with [[Circus Knie]] in Switzerland&mdash;a circus known for its excellence, comfort and perfect organization, which was what probably attracted him. There, he partnered with Circus Knie's long-serving and iconic reprise auguste [[Knieli]] (Arthur Nock, 1910-1979).
+[[File:Jimmy_Scott.jpg|400px|thumv|right|Jimmy Scott at Bertram Mills Circus (c.1960)]]Although he never toured with Mills during the summer, he remained with that crown jewel of the British circuses until its very last season at Olympia, in the winter of 1966-1967. Jimmy Scott, who had by then long given up touring, was obviously attracted by sedentary engagements; nonetheless, he went back on the road during the 1968 and 1969 seasons with [[Circus Knie]] in Switzerland&mdash;a circus known for its excellence, comfort and perfect organization, which was what probably attracted him. There, he partnered with Circus Knie's long-serving and iconic reprise auguste [[Knieli]] (Arthur Nock, 1910-1979).
 Then he returned to Britain and, in the early 1970s, he toured with his old partners Bobby and Tommy Robert’s [[Robert Bros. Circus]] and appeared during a few Christmas seasons at the famous [[Belle Vue International Circus]] in Manchester&mdash;more fitted to his sedentary tastes! He was in his sixties then, but he continued working with such traveling circuses as [[Gerry Cottle]]’s, [[The Chipperfield Family|Sally Chipperfield]]’s, [[Mary Chipperfield]]’s, and others.

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 <Gallery>
 File:Pimpo_(Jimmy_Freeman).jpg|Jimmy Freeman as Pimpo (c.1930)
 File:Jimmy_Scott.jpg|Jimmy Scott (c.1960)
 File:Jimmy_Scott_-_Joe_Brown.jpg|Jimmy Scott with Joe E. Brown (1960)

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	* Video: [[Coco_Video_(1961)\|Jimmy Scott, Coco and Little Billy]] in rehearsals at Bertram Mills Circus (1961)		* Video: [[Coco_Video_(1961)\|Jimmy Scott, Coco and Little Billy]] in rehearsals at Bertram Mills Circus (1961)
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		+	File:Jimmy_Scott.jpg\|Jimmy Scott (c.1960)
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	[[Category:Artists ans Acts\|Scott, Jimmy]][[Category:Acrobats\|Scott, Jimmy]][[Category:Equestrianss\|Scott, Jimmy]][[Category:Clowns\|Scott, Jimmy]]		[[Category:Artists ans Acts\|Scott, Jimmy]][[Category:Acrobats\|Scott, Jimmy]][[Category:Equestrianss\|Scott, Jimmy]][[Category:Clowns\|Scott, Jimmy]]

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