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The Free State study, citing Viviers, describes Frank Wilke’s Aberdeen Zoo in the 1950s, drawing thousands of visitors a year and linked to Pagel’s Circus. A 1952 guide notes the Victoria cinema showing twice a week. TownHub treats both as published local memory, not as a current attraction. Source: UFS CDS Research Report 2006(3), citing Viviers 2000 and Pask 1952 https://www.ufs.ac.za/docs/librariesprovider23/centre-for-development-support-documents/all-documents/led---research-report-2006(3)-83-eng.pdf