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Daily Gazette appeal news- Odeon lends support to Roman circus bid 24 March 2010
- Roman circus appeal needs £5,000 by Sunday 25 February 2010
- Only £9k left to find for circus...five days to go 23 February 2010
- Townsfolk join the campaign to save Roman circus 22 February 2010
- Get a kart and race for the circus! 20 February 2010
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Football fans donate £1084
Football fans at Colchester United v Oldham last Saturday showed their support for the Roman Circus appeal by donating £1084. Fans were treated to the sight of a Roman charioteer parading around the edge of the pitch with this two … Continue reading
Ben Hur – the Chariot race
Sometimes you just have to stop and think what an amazing find the Roman Circus is. Here, in the middle of Colchester, just a few hundred yards from some of our homes, is the remains of the UK’s only known … Continue reading
Roman chariots in Colchester
While our appeal will not be recreating the Roman chariot circus, you can get a sense of what these events looked like from Matt Mirrington’s film of the Colchester Chariot Spectacular 2007, filmed in Abbey Fields, just a few hundred … Continue reading
