Belle Vue

Belle Vue :

Belle Vue was a fairground based in Manchester in the 1920’s where people from the city would come and see the exotic animals.  At that time, it was a luxury and people would revel in its activities and sites. It was well known that it sold the most beer  in the UK than anywhere else around that time. The type of people that visited Bella Vue were often upper class that dressed formally for their visit. Although Belle Vue had a range of exotic animals, it was renowned for keeping them under poor conditions and animals were documented to not survive for long which may have decreased its popularity. I found this information hard to listen to in the lecture as it sounded like the animals were almost treated as disposable toys and solely an object for entertainment. I find the leaflets for Belle Vue very creative and it appeared that they advertised the fairground like it was an exotic rainforest.