Tod Cody, Entertainer and Consultant to MKDC

Tod was born in Northampton: ‘ born and bred to be in the circus’. His family can trace their history to Buffalo Bill = William Frederick Cody in the USA. During the 1950s/1960s, their travelling circus winter quarters were at the ex-Black Horse Cafe & filling station, on Watling Street, now part of MK. Tod worked in the ring (as a Tod joined a local Youth Club to find other activities and made his interest in performing known to Bill Smith, the leader. He took opportunities to get involved in local entertainment. Then came the news of the decision to build what Tod at that time thought was to be ‘a space-age city… with a monorail’ in the area. For a teenager this was exciting, given the lack of entertainment in the area then.