Taylor's Printers, Wombwell, Yorks (Established c1890)
Biography
Taylor's of Wombwell began as a small local jobbing printer in the 1890s in the then small mining town of Wombwell in Southern Yorkshire. The founder, Albert Taylor, supplied the printing needs of this small community and surrounding area. Taylor's two eldest sons were responsible for catapulting the family business into the world of showbusiness.
Returning home from the battlefields of World War I, Taylor's two eldest sons had a lucky break when they managed, at short notice, to print the publicity for a London theatrical agent whose touring show was just about to open in Barnsley. In order to fulfil the order, the brothers had to saw up the kitchen table in the shape of a gigantic "W" for the posters. Their effort so impressed the agent that he promised the brothers the bulk of his future business. He was true to his word and this proved to be the foundation on which the successful business was built.
By the mid-1920s they were one of the leading printers of entertainment industry advertising in the United Kingdom with music hall, fairground and circus showmen among their national client base. The firm became a limited company in the 1920's; and in the 1950s, Taylor's (Theatrical) Printers Ltd. was established to separate the commercial from the theatrical side of the business.
The chromolithographic pantomime posters the company produced provide a fascinating visual record of how travelling entertainment forms were marketed throughout the twentieth century.
Found in 493 Collections and/or Records:
Circus Location Poster, 14 - 19 April c1970 - 1979
Seedley Park, Salford. Blue type on orange background.
Circus Location Poster, 21 - 23 April c1970 - 1979
Beech Farm Playing Field, Swinton. Blue type on white background.
Circus Location Poster, 28 - 30 April c1970 - 1979
Parfold Park, Worsley. Blue on blue background.
Circus Location Poster, 2 - 10 May c1970 - 1979
Montrose Avenue, Wigan. Black type on orange background.
Circus Location Poster, 1 - 6 June c1970 - 1979
Princes Park, Southport. Blue type on orange background.
Circus Location Poster, 7 - 12 May c1970 - 1979
South Common Site, Lincoln. Black type on orange background.
Circus Location Poster, 9 - 13 June c1970 - 1979
Victoria Park, Crosby. Black type on orange background.
Circus Location Poster, 16 - 18 June c1970 - 1979
Duke Street Park, Formby. Black type on orange background.
Circus Location Poster, 19 - 24 May c1970 - 1979
Theatre Royal, St. Helens, Crosby. Blue type on orange background.
Circus Location Poster, 4 - 13 April c1970 - 1979
Kronkeyshaw Common, Rochdale. Red type on yellow background.
Circus Location Poster, 14 - 16 April c1970 - 1979
De Laine Field, off Spalding Road, Bourne. Red type on white background.
Circus Location Poster, 24 - 26 May c1970 - 1979
Galley Hill Field, Sleaford. Black type on orange background.
Circus Location Poster, 21 - 23 May c1970 - 1979
Ingelow Avenue Playing Fields, Boston. Red type on white background.
Circus Location Poster, 28 May - 2 June c1970 - 1979
The Floral Pavilion, New Brighton. Red type on white background.
Circus Markus Poster, 1972
Red type on yellow background.
Circus Markus Poster, 1970
The Tomahawks-whips, knives, hatchets, Gunga-Din and Shapphire, Sensational 20th century Hercules.
Circus Markus Poster, c1970 - 1979
Poster left blank for touring show. Featuring Worlds Strongest man, Gunga Din, Scotland’s own clown, Perso, among others.
Circus Markus Poster, c1970 - 1979
Poster left blank for overprinting location and date. ‘See Europe’s Strongest Man, Gunga Din’. Yellow, red and blue type on white background.
Circus Markus Poster, c1970 - 1979
Poster left blank for overprinting location and date. ‘See Europe’s Strongest Man, Gunga Din’, Various other acts. Yellow, red and blue type on white background.
Circus Markus Poster, c1970 - 1979
Poster left blank for overprinting location and date. Russian Cossack Markus Balba, Strongest Man In Britain. Yellow, red and blue type on white background.