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George McIndoe Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0181
Scope and Contents

Photographs, slides, newspaper cuttings related to the Biddall family and photographs of Kirkaldy Fair created for a documentary on Scottish fairs.

Dates: c1880 - 1969; 18 May 1981

George Tucker Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0020
Scope and Contents

This collection comprises fairground photographs and 3 members' cards, two from Yorkshire Stall Holders Association and one from the Yorkshire section of the Showmen's Guild

Dates: c1912 - 1969

National Fairground and Circus Archive Collection

 Collection
Reference code: NFA0092
Scope and Contents

Contains thousands of posters, programmes, photographs, handbills, original documents, specialist journals, newspapers and a library containing publications on all the areas of collecting

Dates: c1700 - 2020

Orton and Spooner Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0070
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a large selection of archives from the Orton and Spooner Company. The collection comprises photographs and cabinet card images showing carved work, structural work and classic painted work, 4 boxes of notes, invoices and clippings, 8 drawers of plans and blueprints, 2 folders of ride specifications and order forms, accounts books and a library of source books showing turn of the century art used by the artists in the company.

Dates: c1870 - 1969

Ron Kinder Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0052
Scope and Contents

Slides and photographs of Ron's travels to various preservation events and a few pictures from local Derbyshire fairs, articles, correspondence and Nottingham and Hull fair plans.

Dates: 1960 - 2002

Ronald Allen Taylor Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0015
Scope and Contents

The collection contains photographs in twenty two albums taken by Taylor and other photographers, correspondence and a number of catalogues including his Dodgem research material.

Dates: c1900 - 1991

Shufflebottom Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0014
Scope and Contents The main part of the collection consists of material relating to the Shufflebottom family and receipts and posters advertising their latest attractions. The second half of the collection relates to the Waddington family and Margaret Shufflebottom's later marriage to Arthur Bird.The Shufflebottom collection consists of photographs, diaries, albums, account books and assorted ephemera associated with the family's history on the fair. The photographic material dates from 1890 to the...
Dates: c1890 - 1989

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The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 3
Friendship Circle of Showland Fans. (FCSF) (c1940 - 1969) 2
Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 1
Aspland, George, 1836 - 1911 1
Bartlett, John Norman, c1892 - 1972 1
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Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 1
Biddall, c1880 - 1914 1
Bird, Margaret, c1900 - 1999 1
Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 1
Braithwaite, David, 1932 - 1982 1
British Fairground Society (BFS) (Established c1950) 1
Browns Foundry Co. (Established 1869) 1
Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) 1
Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 1
Cranes (Dereham) Ltd (1865 - 2005) 1
Danter, Establish c1880 (Fairground Showmen) 1
Darby, Herbert, Active c1880 - 1929 (Fairground Artist) 1
Downie, Graham, Born 1941 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Fairweather, John, 1867 - 1942 (Architect) 1
Farrar's Fun Fairs (Established 1876) 1
Farrar, Enoch, c1860 - 1935 1
Fowle, Fred, 1914 - 1983 1
Gale, John, Active 1920 - 1989 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
George Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd (1875 - 1977) 1
Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 1
J. Whiting & Son Funfairs (Established c1899) 1
Kinder, Ron, Active c1960 - 1989 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1
Manders (Established 1850) 1
Mather & Platt (Established 1845) 1
McIndoe, George Archiebald, Born c1961 1
Moss Gear Company Ltd (Established 1910) 1
National Fairground and Circus Archive. NFCA (Established 1994) 1
Olympia London (Established 1886) 1
Orton, George, 1843 - 1924 1
Pat Collins Fun Fairs (Established 1899) 1
Proctors Funfairs (Established c1870) 1
Robey & Co. Ltd (c1849 - 1988) 1
S.D.C. (c1960 - 1993) (Amusement Rides Manufacturers) 1
Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 1
Savage Ltd (1850 -1973) 1
Shufflebottom Family, c1870 - 1998 1
Shufflebottom, Florence, 1931 - 2013 1
Shufflebottom, Rosina, 1872 - 1937 1
Shufflebottom, William, c1850 - 1916 1
Spooner, Charles, 1871 - 1939 1
Stewart Family, Established 1914 (Fairground Showmen) 1
Taylor, Ron, c1919 - 2004 1
Taylor, Ronald Allen, 1925 - 1994 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
The Kursaal (1894 - 2020) 1
Thornewill & Warham Ltd (1849 - 1929) 1
Thurston, Charles, c1882 - 1928 1
Toulmin, Vanessa, Professor, Born 1967 1
Traver Engineering Company (1906 - 1933) 1
Tucker, George, c1908 - 1999 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
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