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Box Showmen's Guild Box 20

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Showmen's Guild Scrapbook, 1934

 Item — Box: Showmen's Guild Box 20
Reference code: 178G65.6
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook containing Guild news, articles on legislation, the deaths of Ben Hobson and William Savage, vehicles, transport, gramophones and playing music, betting, various licences, coconut shies, legislation, Stevenage Fair, news from the Scottish section and the history of the Guild from various newspapers.

Dates: 1934

Showmen's Guild Scrapbook, 1926 - 1929

 Item — Box: Showmen's Guild Box 20
Reference code: 178G65.7
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook containing news on taxation, roads, gaming and gambling, women working at the fair, Mitcham Fair, Nottingham Goose Fair, legislation, transport, circus, charitable donations, accidents and safety at the fair, coconut shies and Whimsical Walker's retirement from various newspapers.

Dates: 1926 - 1929

The Times Festival of Britain Supplement, May - September 1951

 Item — Box: Showmen's Guild Box 20
Reference code: 178G65.8
Scope and Contents

Newspaper supplement dedicated to the Festival of Britain containing articles and photographs including the festival's pleasure gardens.

Dates: May - September 1951