Calladine, Neil, Born 1951
Biography
Neil William Calladine is a fairground and circus enthusiast from Belper, Derbyshire, born in July 1951.
Neil is an accountant by trade with an intense interest in fairgrounds, circus and wall of death shows.
His passion for these types of travelling entertainment encouraged him to develop a career as an amateur historian and he regularly contributes articles to the World's Fair newspaper, the King Pole, the Fairground Mercury and the Platform among other specilist publications.
Neil worked as a spieler with Ken Fox the Wall of Death show. Neil first met Ken Fox at Rempstone Steam Rally while exhibiting his model wall of death and photographs. After this first introduction Neil was invited to visit Ken at his wall of death. By chance Ken's spieler had left the day before and Neil was asked to replace him.
From that point on Neil worked with the Ken Fox Wall of Death show, travelling around the fairgrounds with the Fox family.
Neil was the Director and Secretary of the Original Wall of Death Ltd from 2009 until his retirement in 2017. He is the editor of Proctor's Funfair, throughout the years! by showman Albert Proctor and the Treasurer of the Fairground Association of Great Britain.
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Audio Material, 1993
Copies of interviews with Showmen and women from the Nottingham and Derbyshire Sections of the Showmen's Guild of Great Britain recorded by Neil Calladine.
Harry Poole Collection
Black and white photographs of rides, engines, shows and acts as well as scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings from 'The World's Fair' including British Fairground Society Notes, 1949-1963 and scrapbooks relating to fairs, particularly in the Lancashire area.
Interview with Albert Proctor, 1993
Interview recorded by Neil Calladine on cassette tape format. Copied from a series of interviews with show-people from the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Section of the Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain with the permission of Neil Calladine. Digital file UTWAM060/6, location of copies X:\National_Fairground_Archive\General\nfa-digitisation\Sound Collections\Neil Calladine Collection. Digitised as part of the Unlocking Our Sounds Heritage project by the British Library.
Interview with Fred Cox, 1993
Interview recorded by Neil Calladine on cassette tape format. Copied from a series of interviews with show-people from the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Section of the Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain with the permission of Neil Calladine.
Interview with Henry Mellors, 18 December 1993
Interview recorded by Neil Calladine on two cassette tapes. Copied from a series of interviews with showpeople from the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Section of the Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain with the permission of Neil Calladine.
Interview with Horace Parker, 1993
Interview recorded by Neil Calladine on two cassette tapes. Copied from a series of interviews with show-people from the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Section of the Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain with the permission of Neil Calladine.
Interview with Mr Hall, 1993
Interview recorded by Neil Calladine on cassette tape format. Copied from a series of interviews with show-people from the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Section of the Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain with the permission of Neil Calladine.
Interview with Mrs Corrigan, 1993
Interview recorded by Neil Calladine on cassette tape format. Copied from a series of interviews with show-people from the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Section of the Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain with the permission of Neil Calladine.
Interview with Sid Hibble and Henry Mellors, 1993
Interview recorded by Neil Calladine on cassette tape format. Copied from a series of interviews with show-people from the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Section of the Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain with the permission of Neil Calladine.
Interview with Tom Jervis, 1993
Interview recorded by Neil Calladine on cassette tape format. Copied from a series of interviews with show-people from the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Section of the Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain with the permission of Neil Calladine.
Neil Calladine Collection
This collection consists of 6 black and white photographs of fairgrounds and 8 audio cassette recordings of interviews with showpeople from the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Section of the Showmen's Guild of Great Britain.
Photographs, c1920 - 1979
Black and white photographs of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire fairgrounds and some showmen.
Scrapbooks, c1940 - 1969
Booklets of newspaper cuttings from the World’s fair Newspaper, including British fairground Society Notes including and some booklets related to fairs particularly in the Lancashire area.
Scrapbooks, c1940 - 1969
Booklets of newspaper cuttings relating to fairs particularly in the Lancashire area. Stamp on covers reads Neil Calladine Collection.