Pictures of midget clowns

Description:William Merchant was born on July 31 and, having been abandoned by his parents at an early age, grew up in an orphanage in Bristol. As a youngster he was fascinated by the local variety theatre, which he would visit at every opportunity, and in a chance encounter at the Bristol Empire with John Lester's celebrated troupe of midgets brought him his first job. After working in Lester's act, he joined Joe Boganny's band of acrobatic dwarves, another renowned music hall act of the era. During his time with Boganny, Merchant appeared at all the leading variety venues with such well-known stars of the day as "Wee" Georgie Wood and Elsie and Doris Waters. When war came, he worked as an aircraft fitter for the Bristol Aeroplane Company.

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