British Amusement Catering Trade Association (BACTA) (Established 1974)
Dates
- Existence: Established 1974
Biography
BACTA is a non for profit organisation representing the pay-to-play leisure industry in Great Britain, which cover amusement archades. It represents around 600 companies and over 1,000 individuals and it is a member of the European umbrella group EUROMAT.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence, 1901 - 1976
David Braithwaite's correspondence with various people and organisations including Orton and Spooner, Savages, The British Fairground Society, the Showland Library, The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain, Allan Herschell and Kenneth Brown. Some correspondence is under his old name David Bottoms.
Correspondence with J. Singleton, 1963
Correspondence between David Braithwait and J. Singleton of the Amusement Caterers’ Association, regarding the publishing of David Braithwaite’s book. Typescript.
David Braithwaite Collection
This collection contains photographs taken by David Braithwaite from the 1950s and used towards his publications alongside older images collected from other sources as well as business records, monographs, articles, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, advertising material, bibliographies, catalogues, programmes, films and some other miscellaneous items.
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- Type
- Archival Object 2
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Amusement rides 2
- Business 1
- Fairground art 1
- Performers 1
- Showman 1