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Cyril Critchlow Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0089
Scope and Contents The Cyril Critchlow collection contains programmes, posters, handbills, books and magic journals, many of which relate to shows in Blackpool where Cyril resided and includes material on entertainment venues such as Blackpool’s North Pier, Central Pier, South Pier, Tower Circus and a small collection of programmes from other national venues. Additionally, it contains circus photographs and postcards mainly of the Ohmy Circus and Sanger Circus including individual circus troupes and performers...
Dates: c1837 - 2008

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

Harry Paulo Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0144
Scope and Contents

This collection contains black and white photographs, postcards and negatives, newspaper cuttings, scrapbooks, posters, programmes, books and other miscellaneous items related to the Paulo Circus family. Other circuses and performers are also represented.

Dates: 1921 - 2000

Lulu Adams Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0042
Scope and Contents

This collection contains business records, newspaper cuttings, programmes, notebooks and handbills, as well as a collection of black and white photographs, some original artwork and other items relating to Lulu Adam’s personal life and career

Dates: c1880 - 1959

Monte-Williams Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0161
Scope and Contents

Research material by Pauline Tindale and a small amount of original archive related to Randall Williams and his descendants, including birth, death and marriage certificates and photographs.

Dates: 1797 - 1998; 2018 - 2021

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

Sanger Circus Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0154
Scope and Contents

Black and white and some colour photographs, negatives, handbills, programmes and other items of ephemera relating George Sanger's circus and the Hall by the Sea.

Dates: c1850 - 1945

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

Skinning the Cat Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0157
Scope and Contents

This collection contains the archive of Skinning the Cat, aerial circus company including press cuttings relating, promotional material, programmes, photographs, costumes and costume designs and business records. It also contains DVDs of footage of performances, a book by Rebecca Truman and digital born files.

Dates: 1988 - 2018

Testo Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0032
Scope and Contents

This collection comprises photographs, business records, articles, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, advertising material, family research and items of personal archive related to the Testo family history in the fairground and circus

Dates: 1898 - 1999

The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0054
Scope and Contents

The main extent of the collection contains yearbooks, meetings and minutes, correspondence and a record of day to day activities within The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain.

Dates: 1904 - 2023

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Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 3
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Duffy's Circus (Established c1800) 2
Electric (Modern) Printing Company (c1930 - 1991) 2
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Paulo Circus (Established c1900 - 1910) 2
Sanger, George, 1825 - 1911 2
Adams, Albert Victor, 1890 - 1949 1
Adams, Lulu (Louise), c1900 - 1989 1
Adelphi Theatre (Established 1806) 1
Argyle Theatre of Varieties (c1868 - 1945) 1
Astley, Philip, 1742 - 1814 1
Austen Brothers Circus (Established 1974) 1
Barrett, Norman, Born 1935 1
Beverly Sisters (c1943 - 2009) 1
Big Daddy, 1930 - 1997 1
Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 1
Bird, Margaret, c1900 - 1999 1
Blackpool Hippodrome (1895 - 2014) 1
Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 1
Bobby Robert's Super Circus (1993 - 2011) 1
Booth, William, 1829 - 1912 (The General) 1
Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 1
British Fairground Society (BFS) (Established c1950) 1
Butcher, Caroline, [?] 1
Butcher, Henry, c1840 - [?] 1
Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 1
Cashmore, Martha, 1870 - 1957 1
Chaplin, Charles, 1889 - 1977 1
Chapman, Ellen, 1831 - 1899 1
Circus Busch-Roland (c1884 - 2018) 1
Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) 1
Circus Krone (Established 1905) 1
Cirkus Merano (1975 - 2015) 1
Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 1
Cooper, Millicent, c1900 - 1995 1
Craston, Joe (Joseph), 1868 - 1948 1
Craston, Joe (Joseph), c1900 - 1989 1
Craston, Victoria, c1902 - 1989 1
Critchlow, Cyril, 1923 - 2008 1
Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) 1
Deveen, D., c1900 - 1989 1
Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 1
Downie, Graham, Born 1941 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Duke of York Theatre (Established 1892) 1
Egyptian Hall (1812 - 1905) 1
Forde, Florrie, 1875 - 1940 1
Friendship Circle of Showland Fans. (FCSF) (c1940 - 1969) 1
Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 1
Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (Established 1903) 1
Grimaldi, Joseph, 1778 - 1837 1
Hall by the Sea (1870 - 1919) 1
Haydon & Urry Ltd (c1890 - 1916) 1
Horne, Thomas, Reverend, c1850 - 1918 1
Jay, Peter, Born 1944 1
Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 1
King, Hetty, 1883 - 1972 1
Leno, Dan, 1860 - 1904 1
Mills, Bertram, 1873 - 1938 1
Mills, Cyril Bertram, 1902 - 1991 1
Monte, Richard, 1877 - 1953 1
National Fairground and Circus Archive. NFCA (Established 1994) 1
Norman, Tom, 1860 - 1930 (The Silver King) 1
Ohmy Circus (c1867 - 1920) 1
Olympia London (Established 1886) 1
P.C. Sorcar, Junior, Born 1946 1
Paulo, Frank Frisco, c1879 - 1929 1
Paulo, Harry, 1916 - 1966 1
Paulo, Thomas, [?] 1
Prince of Wales Theatre (Established 1884) (London) 1
Raffles, Joan, 1925 - 2009 1
Raffles, Mark, Born 1922 1
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919 - 2017) 1
Robert Brothers Circus (Established 1944) 1
Sanger's Allied Circus (Established 1854) 1
Shufflebottom Family, c1870 - 1998 1
Shufflebottom, Florence, 1931 - 2013 1
Shufflebottom, Rosina, 1872 - 1937 1
Shufflebottom, William, c1850 - 1916 1
Skinning the Cat (1988 - 2002) 1
Sprague, Cathie, Born c1967 1
Taylor's Printers, Wombwell, Yorks (Established c1890) 1
Testo Family, Established c1700 1
Testo, Felix, c1799 - 1879 1
Testo, Felix, junior, c1838 - 1910 1
Testo, William, 1840 - 1899 1
The Alhambra Theatre (Established 1914) (Bradford) 1
The Great Ohmy, c1852 - 1931 1
The Kursaal (1894 - 2020) 1
The London Palladium (Established 1910) 1
The Ohmy Sisters (c1910 - 1914) 1
The Palace Theatre (Established 1891) (London) 1
Thurston, Charles, c1882 - 1928 1
Toulmin, Vanessa, Professor, Born 1967 1
Truman, Rebecca, Born 1967 1
Tucker, George, c1908 - 1999 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
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