Hope all of you Blondin aficionados are well despite it all. We are most grateful to Bluey to have kept it up all these years. We are now on the look out for someone to update and take care of the website twice a year. Please contact me for more details. It would be great to give it a youth boost!
Saturday, 26 June 2021 - 08:29
i am a distant descendant in the United States
Monday, 29 March 2021 - 04:37
Name:
Donna Janell Bowman
My illustrated nonfiction children's book, King of the Tightrope: When the Great Blondin Ruled Niagara, has been well-received. I welcome you all to enjoy the narrative and the additional resources on my website. And please do share with the youngsters in your life.
Wednesday, 19 February 2020 - 02:29
I am a contemporary tightwire artist, I really love this site. I am using it to help me with my Senior Project on the History and Evolution of tightwire.
Tuesday, 19 March 2019 - 12:14
Hi myriad I am go granddaughter of African blondin. My mum is Doris Howard. Daughter of my lovely grandad William. Jenny_satchell@Hotmail. Com
Sunday, 26 August 2018 - 20:39
Name:
Stephen Scarborough
To Myrium
Blondin was also my great great grandfather. If you would like to contact me please e-mail me on stephen.scarborough@colchester.ac.uk
Tuesday, 27 February 2018 - 11:08
Hi everyone,
Blondin was my great great great grandfather. I would like to be ik contact with persons of his family.
Thank tou very much
Thursday, 25 January 2018 - 19:41
always love visiting this site, greatful for any other contacts with reguards to unearthing any other info. stories or photos of ropewalking exploits from the funambulists of old...
Wednesday, 09 November 2016 - 13:41
Hello
I am in contact with Lee and looking forward to meeting the Howard family to talk about the African Blondin.
If CI Jones would like to know more about Gynetta please visit www.theaficanblondin.com
Kind regards Ron Howard
Wednesday, 27 July 2016 - 15:28
Hi all again, I see a Ron Howard on here and I can't help but wonder if he was the son of Willie Howard who had a Tomato Barrow in Stroud Green rd N4 and lived in Elfort rd N5, if so, please Email me at: mrlee38@live.co.uk there are first cousins of yours who would love to make contact with you.
Sunday, 24 July 2016 - 22:17
Hi all, I am the great great grandson of Carlos trower (African Blondin) and was born in Holloway London in to a Costa monger family (barrow boys) my great gran was jynetta calidonia who was a daughter of Blondin.
Sunday, 24 July 2016 - 22:03
I believe that the African Blondin was my great great grandfather. I recollect visiting his daughter, Jynetta, at a nursing home in Highbury when I was a child. I would like to hear from anyone who has images of him
Monday, 11 July 2016 - 09:47
If you are interested, you will find on my Facebook page or on Group Blondin Facebook page a true account of Blondin's life story.
Jean-Louis Brenac,
Blondin’s French descendant
Sunday, 17 April 2016 - 17:38
Name:
Donna Janell Bowman
Good afternoon,
Just letting my fellow Blondin fans know that my children's book about The Great Blondin has been acquired by Peachtree Publishers for a spring 2017 release. I look forward to sharing the story with young readers.
Saturday, 12 September 2015 - 22:28
Name:
Christopher Anaspitos Bullzini
Greetings one and all! I love this site and look forward to more info. about all late and great funambulists.. I myself am a contemporary ropewalker and am working to get re-enactment walks off the ground, is anyone out there keen to support?
Sunday, 05 October 2014 - 10:17
Just been reading about the extraordinary life of Blondin. I think it is fantastic you have created this trust in his memory. Good luck to you all.
Adrian Smith, San Francisco.
Sunday, 23 March 2014 - 22:42
my great x5 grandfather !! so proud !
Wednesday, 19 March 2014 - 11:00
Looking for family of African Blondin, Carlos Trower, tightrope walker. My email is
Susie.rudgley@sbcglobal.net
Saturday, 18 January 2014 - 11:44
Name:
Donna Bowman Bratton
Hello. I am an author in the U.S. and am happy to follow this site. I have written a children's book about the Great Blondin, Jean Francois Gravelet, and have interest from a major publisher. I would love to connect with Blondin descendents.
donnabowmanbratton@gmail.com
Thursday, 17 October 2013 - 22:08
I am a descendant of 'The Amazing African Blondin', Carlos Trower. He was my g.g.grandfather and married Myra Clay and had one son-Carlos Trower. He also married again and had five more children. This was a bigamous marriage.
Friday, 17 May 2013 - 15:33
Name:
Thomas Colcord Pizor
I am related to Harry Colcord, Blondin's business manager, and the man who crossed the Niagara Gorge on Blondin's back. This has been part of our family history for generations and is documented in the Colcord Geneology.
Thursday, 28 February 2013 - 13:40
Name:
Stephen Scarborough
Blondin was my great great grandfather.
Wednesday, 20 February 2013 - 16:01
Re Ann Kent enquiry
I am related to Annie Frances Emmett who married Carlos Trower, the African Blondin(approx 1850-1890). Not sure how you contact guests from this site.
Tuesday, 22 January 2013 - 01:08
charles blondin is my great great great grandba.
Thursday, 17 May 2012 - 05:43
A] fantastic person >When I was 8 years old I used to have my lunch with a Mr Freenie {spelling?] he claimed Blondin was his father Mr Freenie would have been about 60 in 1942 and he had lots of papers pictures and stories.
Tuesday, 10 April 2012 - 16:36
