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The Elephant Man CD is a concept album relating to the story of Joseph Carey Merrick, commonly known as 'The Elephant Man'.The album is composed and performed by me, Mike Bradbury. |
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Joseph Carey Merrick |
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Born Joseph Carey Merrick on the 5th of August, 1860, in Lee Street, Leicester, Joseph began to take on startling deformities as he grew up. His childhood was already one of squalor and deprivation, as his father was often out of work and they frequently moved addresses to various parts of Leicester to avoid people thay owed money to. His mother died when he was about 12 years old, by which time he had developed tremendous physical deformities consisting of tumorous growths of thick, heavy skin across most of his body and head, which itself was the circumference of most men`s chests, as well as a severe twisting of his spine. After a year or two of hawking and peddling, he was taken into the workhouse at Leicester where he remained for about 3 years. Then he decided to put himself in the hands of a showman, and he became an exhibition freak in London and briefly across the Channel. Rescued from destitution by Sir Frederick Treeves, a surgeon at London Hospital, when he was about 27, he was eventually secured to a safe place within the hospital after public support persuaded the Hospital Trust committee to allow Joseph to stay permanently. However, this stay was relatively short-lived, for despite the happiest few years of his life, receiving care, kindness, and not inconsiderable fame, he passed away in 1890 before his 30th birthday. His case remains to this day, a unique but tragic medical condition.
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