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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

Jack Wilkinson Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0168
Scope and Contents Black and white and colour photographs and negatives of fairgrounds, fairground organs, steam engines and other transportation systems with annotations by Jack Wilkinson and other sources, such as William Keating, James Davidson, Philip Bradley and Jack Mellor, as well as notebooks, scrapbooks, journals, books, correspondence, research material, audio tapes of fairground organ music and some 3D items including Jack's recording equipment and a model of a fairground organ. Jack Wilkinson’s...
Dates: c1900 - 1979

John Gale Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0033
Scope and Contents

Photographs taken by John Gale, including a collection of negatives from his favourite fairs: Newcastle Town Moor, Durham Miners' Gala, Houghton Feast, Northallerton and his home town of Wolsingham. There are also a number of newspaper cuttings, circus and rally programmes.

Dates: c1920 - 1989

Noel Drewe Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0058
Scope and Contents

A large collection of films entitled Circusama containing amateur and professional films on the themes of circus, performing animals and zoos, and edited clips from commercial Western and comedy films. FIlms are in a variety of formats including 8mm, Super8, 9.5mm and 16mm. Also includes a small collection of sound reels mainly containing fairground music, and correspondence and notes relating to the films.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

Rod Spooner Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0011
Scope and Contents

The collection includes photographs taken by Jack Mellor and includes images of fairground rides, sideshows and traction engines. There are copies of Rod Spooner's photographs of South and Midland Fairs from 1952-1953. Also included is a cassette recording of an interview With Kay Smart and other showmen/women.

Dates: c1900 - 1989

Ron White Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0047
Scope and Contents

Photographs of fairgrounds around Scotland and the north west of England, mainly around Ayrshire from the 1960s onwards and scrapbooks compiled by Ron White containing advertisments for Scottish and north of England fairgrounds and Chipperfield Circus.

Dates: 1950 - 1995

Rowland Scott Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0037
Scope and Contents

Photographs related to all aspects of British travelling fairgrounds including; rides, transport, living wagons, showpeople, fairground shows, circuses and organs by Rowland Scott and other authors, a selection of manuscripts by Rowland Scott and a small amount of correspondence.

Dates: c1899 - 1989

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Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 2
Mellor, Jack, c1894 - 1979 (Fairground Enthusiast) 2
Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 1
Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 1
Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 1
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Butlins (Established c1920) 1
Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 1
Codona (Established c1790) 1
Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 1
Corrigan's Amusement Arcades (Established c1960 - 1969) 1
Crow Amusements (Established 1865) 1
Drewe, Noel, Active 1927 - 1995 (Circus Enthusiast) 1
Fairground Association of Great Britain. (FAGB) (Established 1977) 1
Gale, John, Active 1920 - 1989 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 1
J.W. Shaw Amusements (Initiated c1860 - 1889) 1
Lee, Harry, 1913 - 1997 1
Ling's Family Amusements (Initiated c1850 - 1859) 1
Manders (Established 1850) 1
Manning Carnival Fun Fairs (Established 1850) 1
Mellors Group Events (Established 1890) 1
Pat Collins Fun Fairs (Established 1899) 1
Roger Tuby & Son Funfairs (Established c1871) 1
Scott, Rowland, 1921 - 1998 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Shufflebottom Family, c1870 - 1998 1
Silcocks Fun Fairs (Established c1870 - 1879) 1
Smart, Kay, c1930 - 2016 1
Spooner, Rod, 1927- 2011 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 1
Thomas Whitelegg & Sons Ltd (Established c1880 - 1899) 1
Tucker, George, c1908 - 1999 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
W. Marshall Amusements (Established c1986) 1
Waddington's Funfairs (Initiated c1860 - 1899) 1
Wallis' Amusements (Established 1883) 1
White, Ron, Active 1960 - 1989 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Wilkinson, Jack, 1904 - 1979 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Williams, Randall Kay, 1846 - 1898 1
World's Fair Publications Limited (Established 1904) 1
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