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Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 2

Duffy's Circus (Established c1800) 2

Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 2

Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 2

Olympia London (Established 1886) 2

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Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 2

The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 2

Adelphi Theatre (Established 1806) 1

Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 1

Argyle Theatre of Varieties (c1868 - 1945) 1

Aspland, George, 1836 - 1911 1

Austen Brothers Circus (Established 1974) 1

Barrett, Norman, Born 1935 1

Bartlett, John Norman, c1892 - 1972 1

Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 1

Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 1

Beverly Sisters (c1943 - 2009) 1

Biddall, c1880 - 1914 1

Big Daddy, 1930 - 1997 1

Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 1

Blackpool Hippodrome (1895 - 2014) 1

Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 1

Bobby Robert's Super Circus (1993 - 2011) 1

Braithwaite, David, 1932 - 1982 1

British Fairground Society (BFS) (Established c1950) 1

Browns Foundry Co. (Established 1869) 1

Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 1

Chaplin, Charles, 1889 - 1977 1

Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 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

Cranes (Dereham) Ltd (1865 - 2005) 1

Critchlow, Cyril, 1923 - 2008 1

Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) 1

Danter, Establish c1880 (Fairground Showmen) 1

Darby, Herbert, Active c1880 - 1929 (Fairground Artist) 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

Electric (Modern) Printing Company (c1930 - 1991) 1

Fairweather, John, 1867 - 1942 (Architect) 1

Farrar's Fun Fairs (Established 1876) 1

Farrar, Enoch, c1860 - 1935 1

Forde, Florrie, 1875 - 1940 1

Friendship Circle of Showland Fans. (FCSF) (c1940 - 1969) 1

Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 1

George Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd (1875 - 1977) 1

Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (Established 1903) 1

Grimaldi, Joseph, 1778 - 1837 1

Haydon & Urry Ltd (c1890 - 1916) 1

Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 1

J. Whiting & Son Funfairs (Established c1899) 1

Jay, Peter, Born 1944 1

Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 1

King, Hetty, 1883 - 1972 1

Leno, Dan, 1860 - 1904 1

Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1

Manders (Established 1850) 1

Mather & Platt (Established 1845) 1

McIndoe, George Archiebald, Born c1961 1

Mills, Cyril Bertram, 1902 - 1991 1

Monte, Richard, 1877 - 1953 1

Moss Gear Company Ltd (Established 1910) 1

National Fairground and Circus Archive. NFCA (Established 1994) 1

Ohmy Circus (c1867 - 1920) 1

Orton, George, 1843 - 1924 1

P.C. Sorcar, Junior, Born 1946 1

Pat Collins Fun Fairs (Established 1899) 1

Paulo Circus (Established c1900 - 1910) 1

Prince of Wales Theatre (Established 1884) (London) 1

Proctors Funfairs (Established c1870) 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

Robey & Co. Ltd (c1849 - 1988) 1

Sanger, George, 1825 - 1911 1

Savage Ltd (1850 -1973) 1

Spooner, Charles, 1871 - 1939 1

Stewart Family, Established 1914 (Fairground Showmen) 1

Taylor's Printers, Wombwell, Yorks (Established c1890) 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

Thornewill & Warham Ltd (1849 - 1929) 1

Thurston, Charles, c1882 - 1928 1

Toulmin, Vanessa, Professor, Born 1967 1

Traver Engineering Company (1906 - 1933) 1

Victoria, Vesta, 1873 - 1951 1

W. E. Berry Ltd (1888 - 2004) 1

Williams, Randall Kay, 1846 - 1898 1

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