John Gale Collection
Scope and Contents
Photographs taken by John Gale, including a collection of negatives from his favourite fairs: Newcastle Town Moor, Durham Miners' Gala, Houghton Feast, Northallerton and his home town of Wolsingham. There are also a number of newspaper cuttings, circus and rally programmes.
Dates
- Creation: c1920 - 1989
Creator
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 the National Fairground and Circus Archive, subject to copyright law and condition of the material
Biographical / Historical
John Gale was a prominent figure in the North East fairground scene, popular with many of the close-knit community of showmen in that area. His fairground enthusiasm is best seen from this unique viewpoint, with John's pictures forming into a family album of snapshots celebrating all aspects of the fairground life.
Extent
2 Box(es) (621 photographs, 1 folder of newspaper clippings and 7 programmes )
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Catalogued according to type
Cultural context
Occupation
Topical
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Created by Jane Donaldson and Ian Trowell, updated by Arantza Barrutia
- Date
- 7 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