Farmers Frankie Lord and Olivia Dann, from Penn, Buckinghamshire, had planning permission denied for a house on their land, so snapped up an old circus wagon for £2,000 instead.

In fact, they had not lived in a 'real home' for about 10 years and moved into the wagon only four months after they began to renovate it. "I started the build at the beginning of March last year.

Frankie, a farmer, said: ‘My father had bought the old circus wagon for £2,000 about a year ago. ‘It sat in our yard for a while and over lockdown I decided to transform it into a tiny home.

Neither wagon conversion is road-worthy anymore, so they're not exactly mobile homes. But they are self-sufficient units, and because of it, worthy of taking up a place on your DIY tiny house mood ...

The wagon, which once belonged to the still-operational UK company Jolly Circus, inspired the couple, who got to work converting it into a new non-traditional home for themselves.

His attention has now turned to adapting the second circus wagon with his friend Philip Reed, as a new business. "Repurposing something, bringing it back to life, is exciting," he said.

The Tucson Wagon and History Museum recently received several new circus wagons, donated by the great-granddaughter of E.W. Scripps.

"As soon as I read the advertisement, I grabbed my magnifying glass and looked at the wagons," Burdick said. "I knew they were the real thing because I know circus wagons like the back of my hand." ...

The wagon was part of the Feld family’s 1984 loan to Circus World. It was rehabilitated by the museum along with three other wagons, all of which are on display in the W.W. Deppe Wagon Building.

Artist Joan Stevens helps preserve Circus World Museum's historic wagon collection. As a teenager, Joan Stevens ran away with the carnival and fell in love with circus art. Today, she is helping ...

His attention has now turned to adapting the second circus wagon with his friend Philip Reed, as a new business. "Repurposing something, bringing it back to life, is exciting," he said.