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Horace Ridler, the Glossary

Horace Leonard Ridler (26 March 1882 – 1965) was a professional freak show and sideshow performer, exhibited for his heavy tattoos under the stage names The Great Omi and The Zebra Man.^[1]

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British circus performers
People from Chalvington with Ripe
People known for being heavily tattooed
People known for their body modification

Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about.

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Betty Broadbent (November 1, 1909 – March 28, 1983), also known as the “Tattooed Venus”, is regarded as the most photographed tattooed lady of the 20th century. Horace Ridler and Betty Broadbent are People known for being heavily tattooed and sideshow performers.

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Body modification

Body modification (or body alteration) is the deliberate altering of the human anatomy or human physical appearance.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.

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Chalvington with Ripe

The civil parish of Chalvington with Ripe, in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England, is made up of the two villages, Chalvington and Ripe.

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Cheek

The cheeks (buccae) constitute the area of the face below the eyes and between the nose and the left or right ear.

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Freak show

A freak show is an exhibition of biological rarities, referred to in popular culture as "freaks of nature".

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George Burchett

George "Professor" Burchett (23 August 1872 – 3 April 1953) was an English tattoo artist known as the "King of Tattooists".

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Hotel Claridge

The Hotel Claridge was a 16-story building on Times Square in Manhattan, New York City, at the southeast corner of Broadway and 44th Street.

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Human tooth sharpening

Human tooth sharpening is the practice of manually sharpening the teeth, usually the front incisors.

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Knife

A knife (knives; from Old Norse knifr 'knife, dirk') is a tool or weapon with a cutting edge or blade, usually attached to a handle or hilt.

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Machine Gun Corps

The Machine Gun Corps (MGC) was a corps of the British Army, formed in October 1915 in response to the need for more effective use of machine guns on the Western Front in the First World War.

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Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent.

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Mitcham

Mitcham is an area within the London Borough of Merton in Southwest London, England.

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National World

National World plc is a British multimedia company based in Leeds, England.

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New Guinea

New Guinea (Hiri Motu: Niu Gini; Papua, fossilized Nugini, or historically Irian) is the world's second-largest island, with an area of.

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New York Daily Mirror

The New York Daily Mirror was an American morning tabloid newspaper first published on June 24, 1924, in New York City by the William Randolph Hearst organization as a contrast to their mainstream broadsheets, the Evening Journal and New York American, later consolidated into the New York Journal American.

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New York Herald Tribune

The New York Herald Tribune was a newspaper published between 1924 and 1966.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Nose piercing

Nose piercing is the piercing of the skin or cartilage which forms any part of the nose, normally for the purpose of wearing jewelry, called a nose-jewel.

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Olympia London

Olympia Events, formerly known as Olympia London and sometimes referred to as the Olympia Exhibition Centre, is an exhibition centre, event space and conference centre in West Kensington, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, London, England.

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Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1,608,139 residents as of 2020.

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Queens

Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York.

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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

The Ringling Bros.

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Ripley's Believe It or Not!

Ripley's Believe It or Not! is an American franchise founded by Robert Ripley, which deals in bizarre events and items so strange and unusual that readers might question the claims.

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RMS Laconia (1921)

RMS Laconia was a Cunard ocean liner, built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson as a successor of the 1911–1917 ''Laconia''.

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San Diego

San Diego is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast in Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border.

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Sideshow

In North America, a sideshow is an extra, secondary production associated with a circus, carnival, fair, or other such attraction.

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Surrey

Surrey is a ceremonial county in South East England and one of the home counties.

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Sussex

Sussex (/ˈsʌsɪks/; from the Old English Sūþsēaxe; lit. 'South Saxons') is an area within South East England which was historically a kingdom and, later, a county.

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Tall tale

A tall tale is a story with unbelievable elements, related as if it were true and factual.

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Times Square

Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment hub, and neighborhood in the Midtown Manhattan section of New York City.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England.

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University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England.

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Vancouver

Vancouver is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia.

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Veterinarian

A veterinarian (vet) is a medical professional who practices veterinary medicine.

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War bond

War bonds (sometimes referred to as victory bonds, particularly in propaganda) are debt securities issued by a government to finance military operations and other expenditure in times of war without raising taxes to an unpopular level.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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World's fair

A world's fair, also known as a universal exhibition or an expo, is a large global exhibition designed to showcase the achievements of nations.

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Zebra

Zebras (subgenus Hippotigris) are African equines with distinctive black-and-white striped coats.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Ridler

Also known as Great Omi, Omi the Great, Omi the Zebra Man, The Great Omi, The Zebra Man.

Horace Ridler, the Glossary

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See also

British circus performers

People from Chalvington with Ripe

People known for being heavily tattooed

People known for their body modification

References