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Mellor, Jack, c1894 - 1979 (Fairground Enthusiast)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: c1894 - 1979

Biography

Jack Mellor was a fairground enthusiast, who travelled around the country taking photographs of fairgrounds. He was also a well know dealer of fairground images and was known for producing copies by other enthusiasts photographs, applying captions to them and selling them on.

During the early 1950s Jack took photographs of Pat Collins’ fairs at various locations around Birmingham and the Black Country, which are a remarkable record of the fairground scene in the Midlands at the time.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Rod Spooner Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0011
Scope and Contents

The collection includes photographs taken by Jack Mellor and includes images of fairground rides, sideshows and traction engines. There are copies of Rod Spooner's photographs of South and Midland Fairs from 1952-1953. Also included is a cassette recording of an interview With Kay Smart and other showmen/women.

Dates: c1900 - 1989

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

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