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Hippodrome, Great Yarmouth. Colour illustration of female aerial act hanging from her hair while juggling battons on fire over a black and blue background on the front cover, inside black and white photographs of performers and acts with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 12p.p.

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Hippodrome, Great Yarmouth. Colour illustration of aerial act hanging from a black contraption in the centre, woman in a long blue dress and poodles and man balancing glasses with his mouth in a yellow outfit on the bottom section over a yellow and orange background on the front cover, inside introduction with brief history of circus, black and white photographs of performers and acts with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 12p.p.

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Hippodrome, Great Yarmouth. Colour illustration of circus acts including trapeze on top section and clowns, performing animals and poodles with performers on the bottom section over a yellow and orange background on the front cover, inside black and white photographs of performers and acts with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 12p.p.

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Hippodrome, Great Yarmouth. Colour illustration of circus acts including trapeze on top section and Chinesse and Hungarian acrobats , woman riding a white horse and woman with poodels on the bottom section over a yellow and red background on the front cover, inside black and white photographs of performers and acts with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 12p.p.

Scope and Contents Hippodrome, Great Yarmouth, Inga Lise Ringmistress. Mary Chipperfield’s Liberty ponies and Zebras and elephants, The Knick Nocs knockabout comedy, Old Regnas The Tramp and his Comedy Dogs and Donkey, The Siberas balancing act, Jacko Fossett and Little Billy clowns, The Trio Anastasini juggling, The Brandt Brothers springboard acrobatics, Bela and her Comedy Camel, The Two Franks acrobatics and contortionism, Spaghetti and Company comics, Max Morris and his Sea Lions, Anna Arata and Lily...

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Hippodrome, Great Yarmouth, Jerry, Jimmy and Johnny equestrians, Udo Heltano equilibrist, Mary Chipperfield’s kindergarten animals, chimpanzees and Liberty horses, Senorita Manolita aerial act, Miss Wendy’s Poodle Party, Jacko Fossett and Little Billy clowns, The Belios acrobats, The Halfwits comedy acrobats, The Tonitas Veracruz trapeze, Miss Conti balancing roller act, Jorge Tonito tightwire, The Herculeans moustachioed acrobats. Contains illustrations with photos, 24p.p.

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The Two Bohumils jugglers, The Robert Brothers Camel Caravan, elephants and ponies, Skippy the Boxing Kangaroo, Blanini aerialist, Jacko Fossett and Little Billy clowns, Markus and Rosita strongman, The Valla Bertini Troupe trick cyclist, The Wychwoods magic and dog act, Chyfudey contortion, acrobatic and balancing act, The Bjoerlings equestrian act, Bobby Dixon comedy acrobat, The Tanger troupe tumblers. Contains illustration with photos, 24p.p.

Scope and Contents Hippodrome, Great Yarmouth, Leigh Marsh and her Poodles, Mimo Veneziano Juggler, balancer and wire act, Jacko Fossett, Little Billy and Co.clowns, Mary Chipperfield’s African Elephants, Freddy and Gabriella trapeze, Jumping Jack comic on the trampoline, The Bertini Family unicycling and acrobatics, Big and Little horse and pony De Wert aerialist, Mary Chipperfield’s Exotic Group, The Kam Tai Troupe contortion, Balancing and acrobatic act, The Flying Oslers trapeze, Dogsi’s Football Dogs....

Scope and Contents Circus and variety programmes includig Palace Theatre Manchester, Cunard White Star concert programme, Chipperfield Circus, Robert Brothers, Billy Smart's Circus, Billy Russell Hippodrome Circus, Big Top Circus, Prince's Royal International Circus and Tom Arnorld's Harringay Circus, contain photographs of the acts and information and including circus, variety and animal acts and featuring Sheila Pugh's Showgirls, The Digger Pugh Girls and the Wallabies. all programmes contain photographs of...

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Circus programmes and VHS tapes from Billy Smart’s Circus and Chipperfields’s Circus collected during the 1970s and early 1980s by the TV producer, Christopher John Palmer. There are also a number of promotional photographs of artistes and other ephemera related to the circus.

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This collection consists of a large library of books and journals, as well as archival material including posters, programmes, photographs, films, handbills, research material, scrapbooks, original artwork and many other items of ephemera relating to British, Irish and European circuses

Scope and Contents The Cyril Critchlow collection contains programmes, posters, handbills, books and magic journals, many of which relate to shows in Blackpool where Cyril resided and includes material on entertainment venues such as Blackpool’s North Pier, Central Pier, South Pier, Tower Circus and a small collection of programmes from other national venues. Additionally, it contains circus photographs and postcards mainly of the Ohmy Circus and Sanger Circus including individual circus troupes and performers...

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Early British circus and variety programmes including Astley's, Batty's and Lord George Sanger's circus.

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Great Yarmouth Hippodrome and Liverpool Stadium circus programmes including Billy Russell, Peter Jay, Jasmine Smart and Sally Chipperfield among others.

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Three fold programme with colour illustration of three clown faces breaking through a paper ring in the centre and four circus acts on the edges including weight lifting, equestrian act, trapeze act and balancing act over a redish background on the front cover, inside programme in the centre and commercial advertising on the sides, on reverse equestrian act with eight horses.

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Three fold programme with colour illustration of three clown faces breaking through a paper ring in the centre and four circus acts on the edges including weight lifting, equestrian act, trapeze act and balancing act over a redish background on the front cover, inside programme in the centre and commercial advertising on the sides, on reverse equestrian act with eight horses.

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Three fold programme with colour illustration of three clown faces breaking through a paper ring in the centre and four circus acts on the edges including weight lifting, equestrian act, trapeze act and balancing act over a redish background on the front cover, inside programme in the centre and commercial advertising on the sides, on reverse equestrian act with eight horses.

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Presented by Peter Jay. Colour illustration of smiley clown's face on top left, Chinese acrobats and dragon, aerial act, woman seating on elephant's head, Bulgarian troupe of acrobats and fountain in centre on the front cover, inside introduction, black and white photographs of performers and acts with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 10p.p.

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Hippodrome, Great Yarmouth, 10th anniversary. Presented by Peter Jay. Colour illustration of smily clown face on top left, female aerial act in red bikini, white horses, elephant, lion, tiger and clowns' heads on the bottom and David Hibling wearing a red jacket and black top hat on his had on a blue background on the front cover, inside black and white photographs of performers and acts with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 8p.p.

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Hippodrome, Great Yarmouth, 10th anniversary. Presented by Peter Jay. Colour illustration of smily clown face on top left, female aerial act in red bikini, white horses, elephant, lion, tiger and clowns' heads on the bottom and David Hibling wearing a red jacket and black top hat on his had on a blue background on the front cover, inside black and white photographs of performers and acts with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 8p.p.