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Williams, Jimmy (James), 1922 - 2009

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1922 - 2009

Biography

Jimmy Williams was a showman from a long fairground show family lineage.

Jimmy Williams was born in 1922 into a family of fairground showmen. He settled in Bradford Moor in the 1930s making fairground attractions such as targets with devices, which popped up when hit and models of fairground rides, which were made by James Towers Williams, part of a model making firm who were in production between 1952 and 1978.

During the winter months, Jimmy also worked at Whitehead’s Mill, where he met his wife Doris. Jimmy and Doris married in 1951 after Jimmy was demobilised from military service after WWII.

Jimmy was a lifelong member of the Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain and The Fair Organ Preservation Society.

Jimmy died on 31 December 2009 aged 87.

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Birth Cerfiticate, 6 April 1866

 Item
Reference code: 178Z8.1
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of Rachel Weston's birth certificate.

Dates: 6 April 1866

Birth Certificate, 17 July 1894

 Item
Reference code: 178Z8.3
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of Joshep Williams' birth certificate.

Dates: 17 July 1894

Jimmy Williams Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0035
Scope and Contents

Black and white copy prints and negatives and three items of ephemera relating to the Williams family.

Dates: c1880 - 1972

Marriage Certificate, 2 July 1884

 Item
Reference code: 178Z8.2
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of James Williams and Rachel Weston's marriage certificate.

Dates: 2 July 1884

Photographs, c1880 - 1972

 Series
Reference code: 178C53
Scope and Contents

Black and white copies of photographs and negatives relating to the Williams fairground family.

Dates: c1880 - 1972

Various, 1866 - 1894

 Series
Reference code: 178Z8
Scope and Contents

Birth and marriage certificates belonging to the Williams fairground family.

Dates: 1866 - 1894