#OnThisDay in 1873 between 20,000 and 25,000 people came to Wilton Foresters’ Fete to see the great tightrope walker Blondin walk a 60ft high tightrope.

Admission was 1 shilling

Blondin cooked and ate bacon and eggs on the rope

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