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Manders (Established 1850)

 Organisation

Dates

  • Usage: 1850 - 1871

Biography

Mander's Menagerie was established by William Manders, a former employee at Hilton Menagerie, one of the largest menageries in the country at the time and fierce rival of Womwells. William Manders was a very accomplished spieler, who made a name for himself in the sector and eventually bought his employers business, turning it into ‘Mander’s Grand National Star Menagerie’ in 1850. Manders travelled his menagerie until 1871 and during this period he became one of the main exhibitors of live animals and toured the UK and America.

William Manders died in 1871 and his menagerie was sold at auctioned at the Agricultural Hall. The Manders family however, continued to travel the British fairgrounds presenting rides and the name Manders is still present in the British fairground in the twenty first century.

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Original Artwork, c1900 - 1929

 Series
Reference code: 178V10
Scope and Contents

Drawings and designs used for the decoration of fairground rides.

Dates: c1900 - 1929

Orton and Spooner Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0070
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a large selection of archives from the Orton and Spooner Company. The collection comprises photographs and cabinet card images showing carved work, structural work and classic painted work, 4 boxes of notes, invoices and clippings, 8 drawers of plans and blueprints, 2 folders of ride specifications and order forms, accounts books and a library of source books showing turn of the century art used by the artists in the company.

Dates: c1870 - 1969

Photographic Album, 1905 - 1953

 Item
Reference code: 178C57.13688
Scope and Contents Photographic album containing black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, fairground organs, amusement parks, steam engines, living wagons, fairground shows and showpeople, including Marshall, Manders, Randall Williams, Codona, Holland, Smart, Wilson, Kaye, Jervis, White, Peters, Thurston, Pat Collins and Turner at Nottingham Goose Fair, Coventry Pot Fair, Poole Fair, Ashton, Newcastle, Widnes Fair, Birmingham Whit Fair and Knutsford and other locations and showmen and a...
Dates: 1905 - 1953

Photographs and Postcards, c1899 - 1969

 Series
Reference code: 178C57
Scope and Contents

Photographs, postcards and negatives of fairgrounds taken by Rowland Scott and other fairground enthusiasts.

Dates: c1899 - 1969

Plan of Manders' Living Waggon, c1875 - 1900

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.46(iii)
Scope and Contents

Floor plan of Manders' living waggon 209. Pencil on paper.

Dates: c1875 - 1900

Plans and Elevation Drawings for Living Wagons and Transport, c1875 - 1939

 File
Reference code: 178V10.46
Scope and Contents

Plans and elevation drawings for living wagons including a Church Army wagon, No. 2013 Hackney wagon, Fletcher’s motor van, generic tradesman’s van and interior layouts. Pencil on paper.

Dates: c1875 - 1939

Rowland Scott Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0037
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: c1899 - 1989