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Names

Acres, Birt, 1854 - 1918 49

Acres, Sidney Birt, c1895 - 1969 17

Alton Towers (Established 1980) 32

Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 19

Angel, Paul, c1930 - 2005 (Fairground Enthusiast) 24

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Argyle Theatre of Varieties (c1868 - 1945) 353

Astley's Amphitheatre (1773 - 1891) 24

Barnes, Bill (William), 1920 - 2019 285

Barnum & Bailey Circus (1881 - 1919) 15

Bartlett, John Norman, c1892 - 1972 50

Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 77

Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980 70

Beloff, Zoe, Born 1958 30

Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 166

Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 213

Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Established 1896) 22

Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 176

Bolesworth, George, 1921 - 1987 25

Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 24

Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) 35

Braithwaite, David, 1932 - 1982 101

Braithwaite, Paul, Born 1953 21

Buttrick, Barbara, Born 1930 60

Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 80

Carters Steam Fair (1977 - 2022) 19

Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 145

Chipperfield, Mary, 1938 - 2014 34

Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) 1201

Circus Knie (Established 1803) 18

Circus Krone (Established 1905) 27

Circus Pinder (Established 1854) 47

Codona (Established c1790) 17

Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 15

Critchlow, Cyril, 1923 - 2008 619

Dawson, George, c1938 - 2018 (Fairground Enthusiast) 94

Duffy's Circus (Established c1800) 15

Enquirer Job Printing Co. (Founded c1880) 20

Fairground Association of Great Britain. (FAGB) (Established 1977) 16

Fairweather, John, 1867 - 1942 (Architect) 19

Farrar's Fun Fairs (Established 1876) 21

Fielding, Bernard, Active 1990 - 1999 (Fairground Enthusiast) 30

Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 110

Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 53

George Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd (1875 - 1977) 803

Gerry Cottle's Circus (1974 - 2003) 77

Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (Established 1903) 80

Hall by the Sea (1870 - 1919) 31

Handby & Celeine (Active 1932 - 1939) 39

Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 23

International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo (Established 1974) 20

J.W. Shaw Amusements (Initiated c1860 - 1889) 22

Jackson, Ben (Benjamin), Active 1903 - 1923 40

Jay, Peter, Born 1944 36

Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 33

Jones, Arthur, Active c1890 -1979 (Fairground Enthusiast) 27

Kinder, Ron, Active c1960 - 1989 (Fairground Enthusiast) 15

King, Steve, Born 1933 18

Koringa, 1913 - 1976 15

Leno, Dan, 1860 - 1904 15

Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 85

Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 35

Mather & Platt (Established 1845) 28

Merchant, Billy (Little Billy), 1919 - 2001 17

Messrs. Hamilton (c1848 - 1923) 15

Miller, Glen, Active 1930 - 2000 (Fairground Showman) 16

Ohmy Circus (c1867 - 1920) 19

Olympia London (Established 1886) 70

Palmer, Christopher, Born 1930 78

Pat Collins Fun Fairs (Established 1899) 24

Poole's Myrioramas (1837 - 1937) 74

Poole, Joseph, 1847 - 1906 17

Pugh, Digger, c1902 - 1985 26

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919 - 2017) 22

Robert Brothers Circus (Established 1944) 80

Roberto, Frankie, Born c1985 (Theme Park Enthusiast) 42

Rosaire's Circus & Zoo (Established 1904) 39

Russell, Chris, Born 1953 (Fairground Enthusiast) 71

Sanger, George, 1825 - 1911 62

Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 16

Savage Ltd (1850 - 1973) 21

Scott, Rowland, 1921 - 1998 (Fairground Enthusiast) 19

Spooner, Charles, 1871 - 1939 23

Stevens, Geoff, Born 1929 (Circus Enthusiast) 23

Taylor's Printers, Wombwell, Yorks (Established c1890) 491

Taylor, Charles, Born c1940 482

Taylor, Heather, Born c1945 482

Testo Family, Established c1700 24

Thames Television (Established 1968) 19

The Great Ohmy, c1852 - 1931 16

The Ohmy Sisters (c1910 - 1914) 17

The Palace Theatre (Established 1891) (London) 21

The Queen's Hall (1893 - 1941) (London) 16

The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 53

Traver Engineering Company (1906 - 1933) 28

W. E. Berry Ltd (1888 - 2004) 143

Weeks, Bill (William), 1928 - 2016 (Fairground Enthusiast) 15

Wellen, Peter, 1932 - 2011 (Fairground Enthusiast) 18

Williams, Randall Kay, 1846 - 1898 20

Wood, Billy (William), c1903 - 1979 17

World's Fair Publications Limited (Established 1904) 22

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