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Bertram Mills' produced some of  their finest shows in the 1950s, but rising costs and a reluctance to increase ticket prices  meant the closure in October 1964 of their tenting show that travelled the country during the  summer months. Their 1965-1966 Christmas show was their last at London's Olympia.\r\n\r\nBertram Mills was always keen to produce some of the most colourful and attractive publicity  for his circus. He produced a range of these unusually coloured posters printed by W.E. Berry for the 1927 to 1928 season advertising various individual acts appearing that season. 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