The Flying Pieman

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Event The Flying Pieman
Venue Union Inn, Dungog, NSW
First Date 14 January 1848
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Otherwise known as "The Ladies' Walking Flying Pieman", William Francis King. Pieman wheeled a barrow a mile, drew a gig with a young lady for a mile, run half a mile backwards, picked up fifty stones placed a yard apart and performed fifty clean leaps, walked toe and heel for one mile, performed in ninety minutes. Walked six and a half miles under time constraints and carried a goat weighing eighty pounds for a mile and a half in twelve minutes. To occur between the Union Inn and Dungog Inn, Dungog.
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Other
Contributors
Name Function Notes
William Francis King Circus Style Performer Pedestrian
Resources
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper Maitland Mercury
Mapping Hunter Project
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 86583