Tower – Midget Town

John Lester’s Midget’s

In 1927 Midget Town opened in the Tower’s Roof Gardens. The town included a sports club, town hall, post office and garage. It was populated by a troupe of midgets – Lester’s Midgets, who appeared there for three years and then at the Tower Circus for many years afterwards

Advert from 1928  for the midgets at the Tower Circus

The Midget Mansion

A miniature house of 11 rooms, completely furnished in midget detail

The Midget Museum

Midget Town – The Tower

Miss Dollie Griffith

Age 23 – Height 43 in.

The Midgets Miniature Minuet

Miss Florrie Hall, aged 26, height 40 in

Some of the Lilliputian Ladies

The Famous Franks Brothers (Leonard & Semon)

The Famous Franks Brothers (Leonard & Semon)

Midget Grenadiers and Sergeant Major

Three Musketeers of the Guards

Major Marco, Mayor of John Lester’s Midget Town

Midget Ladies – “Jazzing”

John Lester’s Lilliputian Ladies

The Dresden China Clock Scena

Wedding of Mr. & Mrs.Max Chrysler – 1928

Mr. & Mrs. Max Chrysler

Married June 6th 1928 at St. Stephen’s on the cliffs

Appeared at the Tower Circus

Princess Hani – Smallest woman on earth

Peter, Paul and Princess Hani – World’s smallest trio

‘A fight to a finish’

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