Is going to the circus a working class activity?

We love the circus and thought I was posh pmsl

Sadly no. I bought tickets for my godson and his family as a birthday present (my late teen boys are no longer interested) but I ended up not being able to join them. Next year hopefully.

Love Cirque de soliei, brilliant but very expensive.

@Gooseinthewood Just go to the circus, have a great day out. I took my DD and we took the DGC. Hot dogs, candy floss, crap shooting and hopefully win an oversized, cheap toy.

The kids love it, let them be the judge.

Hahaha that’s what I was just about to post! This is a circus you’d expect to see minor royals at.

Batteries do you go to this year’s? Best one ever!!!

"Rugby Types"

Having done marketing and sponsorship for a prem rugby club, you might have had a point 20/25 years ago, but the demographics have vastly shifted over the years. Which makes me think this is a wind up, or you're living in the past which, either way, is pathetic.

I don’t really love circus myself, but we went as children and were middle class. Also feel like it was the kind of activity that popped up in the kids books I read as a child and most of those kids were middle class (or posher).

Giffords circus is also way beyond tacky it's amazing

Victoiran classic entertainment for all classes , far from.tge madding crowd etc.

I’ve heard it all now.

For what it’s worth, touring circus acts, especially those with high risk - high lines, trapeze etc are paid on average £60k-£100k per year. Each touring group source the best acts from around the world..

I keep hearing what is working class behaviour on mumsnet (and it seems to be absolutely everything ESPECIALLY regarding kids days out)

The question should really be what is middle class behaviour?

Yeah, and tickets costing £100 plus. Not very working class.

It’s because traditionally they’re run by traveller families, ditto fairgrounds. I don’t take my DC to fairs because they’re a rip off and I’m also pretty sure the rides aren’t rigorously tested. Did take them to a circus a couple of years ago and DS ended up bawling when the clown sprayed him with water so… Didn’t bother again!

What a load of shite. From the both of you.

”theatre / rugby types”

stop admiring yourselves its embarrassing.

It's not real life is it? I don't consider what class some activity falls into, just if I could afford it, usually no.

It seems like you have realised you misread my post and rather than back down you are buckling down with unfounded statements about me attacking you, being ridiculous and not answering a simple question.
I don't think it's good for children to have parents who try and avoid places they think are typically working class. As I wasn't the one who viewed certain activities as 'working class' I am unable to answer your question about what those activities are.
I haven't said anything about 'the middle class'. I'm not the one lumping a whole social class together. My response was to the OP not the collective middle class, whoever they may be.

I once took my niece & nephew to an animal-free circus in "Twickers!", and I saw plenty of naice looking people there.

@JLou08 And I asked you how this should be avoided? By doing what? You seem to spout an opinion but you cannot back up what you say? Most people live in areas of people quite like them and do activities with people quite like them. You think the middle class are wrong for doing that which is patently ridiculous. I’ll leave it there because you refuse to answer a simple question based on your provocative statement.

I've not attacked you and I still have no clue what your problem is. Maybe you've misunderstood my posts, maybe you're just looking for an argument. My post was about it not being good for children to try and segregate them based on social class.

You sound like dicks with the theatre/rugby type thing

It might depend on the circus. Definitely not if it's Giffords!

Oh yes she does!😁

Terrible typos!

Looking back to the '60s, I think we weren't as hung up on class because we hadn't quite moved on from the idea of people 'knowing their place', although it was in train. We accepted things that now we wouldn't, and not only to do with class - collecting paper golliwogs from marmalade jars, my brothers soft toy golly and being taken to see the Black & White Minstrels on holiday in Torquay were part of òur childhood but are hard to think about half a century later.

its perfectly ok to have horses and even a dog or two in a circus. Just not animals that are not normally domesticated. Not sure anyone has these types of animals in uk circuses any more. Lots of the juggling, acrobatic and trapeze acts seem to be young people who didn’t make it as gymnasts from Eastern European countries.

I've never been to the circus. It doesn't particularly appeal, but I've never thought that it was tied to one class. I thought they were for everyone.