"If I wasn't 84 years old, I'd go back on it in a heartbeat."
-- Thelma Kemp Frias, who joined the Mills Brothers circus in 1952.
They don't swing from trapezes anymore. They sit on lawn chairs and joke about going to the doctor.
Instead of taming lions, they take out the dog.
Their big top is now a shady, three-acre lot just off the highway.
But despite their surroundings, the folks living in the Showpeople's Winter Quarters — a group of 10 trailers that are home to retired circus performers — will never forget their show days.
Read more at the Tampa Bay Times.