LIONS AT A STATELY HOME.—A keeper handling one of the tamer lions on the Marquis of Bath’s 100-acre lion reserve, near Warminster in Wiltshire. With the former circus owner, Mr Jimmy Chipperfield, as his adviser and partner, the Marquis launched the project to attract visitors to his 400-year-old stately home. They can now drive through the reserve while the 50 lions and lionesses roam freely about.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31032, 12 April 1966, Page 6
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66LIONS AT A STATELY HOME.—A keeper handling one of the tamer lions on the Marquis of Bath’s 100-acre lion reserve, near Warminster in Wiltshire. With the former circus owner, Mr Jimmy Chipperfield, as his adviser and partner, the Marquis launched the project to attract visitors to his 400-year-old stately home. They can now drive through the reserve while the 50 lions and lionesses roam freely about. Press, Volume CV, Issue 31032, 12 April 1966, Page 6
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