Liz Gray Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a small amount of postcards from the 1908 Franco-British exhibition in London and two videos, one about the Priddy fair and another one about the Cole fairground family.
Dates
- Creation: c1900 - 1983
Creator
- Gray, Liz (Elizabeth), Active c1970 - 1989 (Person)
- Fairground Association of Great Britain. (FAGB) (Established 1977) (Organisation)
Conditions Governing Access
Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room. Video viewing equipment must be booked prior to visit
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
Liz Gray was educated in Birmingham and at Bristol University, where she took the Radio, Television & Film course. As an undergraduate in the Drama Department she won a BBC competition to make a documentary film for television. Her chosen subject was the life of a travelling showman’s family in the West of England. The resulting film, ‘Razzle Dazzle’, was shot over several months and was broadcast on BBC West. After graduation she worked in television and directed a documentary film about Priddy Fair, sponsored by the Fairground Association of Great Britain.
Liz was forced to take an early retirement from her career as a documentary film-maker when she sustained a long-term injury while working on location.
Extent
6 Item(s) (4 postcards and 2 video films)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Catalogued according to type
Subject
- B. Cole & Sons (Amusements) Ltd (Established 1890) (Organisation)
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Unknown, updated by Arantza Barrutia on Finding Aid Date field date
- 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