Harry Poole Collection
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates
- Creation: c1900 - 1969
Creator
- Poole, Harry, c1895 - 1980 (Fairground Enthusiast) (Person)
- Calladine, Neil, Born 1951 (Person)
- British Fairground Society (BFS) (Established c1950) (Organisation)
Conditions Governing Access
Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room
Conditions Governing Use
Copies may be supplied or produced at the discretion of National Fairground and Circus Archive, subject to copyright law and condition of the material
Biographical / Historical
Fairground enthusiast and preservationist active in the steam rally scene. The collection covers the whole of the 20th century and contains images of traction engines, rides, fairground and people.
Extent
5 Box(es) (519 images, 20 booklets and 3 scrapbooks)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Catalogued according to type
Subject
- World's Fair Publications Limited (Established 1904) (Organisation)
Cultural context
Occupation
Topical
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Created by Ian Trowell, updated by Arantza Barrutia on Finding Aid Date field date
- Date
- 26 March 2014
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Fairground and Circus Archive Repository
The University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
0114 222 7231
lib-special@sheffield.ac.uk