W. Marshall Amusements (Established c1986)
Dates
- Existence: Established c1986 - 1987
Biography
W. Marshall’s Amusements is a fairground supplier company owned by the Marshall family established c1986.
The Marshalls are a long line of fairground showmen and women the from Doncaster area, who have been operating throughout the Yorkshire fairgrounds from the Victorian period.
W. Marshall’s Amusements currently are one of the largest suppliers of fairground entertainment to event organisers in Yorkshire. The company is currently headed by Sandra Wright (b.1940), daughter of Renee and Walter Marshall. Sandra runs Marshall Amusements with Darran and Deana Church the sixth generation of the Marshall family.
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Photographic Album, 1905 - 1953
Photographic Album, 1937 - 1956
Photographic Album, 1948 - 1954
Photographic album containing black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, steam engines, living wagons, boxing, fairground shows, circus and showpeople, including Silcock, Manning, Holland, Waddington, Ling, Butlin, Farrar, Marshall and Pat Collins at Nottingham Goose Fair, Chorley Fair and Southport and other locations and showmen with notes. Photographs taken and collected by Rowland Scott, 16p.p.
Photographic Album, 1908 - 1956
Photographic album containing black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, fairground organs, steam engines, living wagons, fairground shows, boxing, wall of death and showpeople, including Holland, Farrar, Warren, Ling, Hibble & Mellor, Tuby, Wroot, Marshall and other showmen at Lincoln Fair with notes. Photographs taken and collected by Rowland Scott, 20p.p.
Photographic Album, 1905 - 1954
Photographic album containing black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, steam engines, living wagons, globe of death, fairground shows, circus and showpeople, including Holland, Pat Collins, Cox, Proctor, Corrigan, Shufflebottom, Shaw, Marshall, Waddington, Ling and Pullen at Nottingham Goose Fair, Hull Fair, Lincoln, Huddersfield and other locations and showmen with notes. Photographs taken and collected by Rowland Scott, 19p.p.
Photographic Album, 1941 - 1955
Photographs and Postcards, c1899 - 1969
Photographs, postcards and negatives of fairgrounds taken by Rowland Scott and other fairground enthusiasts.
Rowland Scott Collection
Photographs related to all aspects of British travelling fairgrounds including; rides, transport, living wagons, showpeople, fairground shows, circuses and organs by Rowland Scott and other authors, a selection of manuscripts by Rowland Scott and a small amount of correspondence.