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Bill Barnes Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0172
Scope and Contents

Programmes, posters and photographs mainly related to the Poole family's travelling Myriorama show.

Dates: 1881 - 2017

Charles Taylor Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0069
Scope and Contents

The Charles Taylor collection is a fine example of Taylor’s of Wombwell printers’ posters, which highlight changes in printing techniques, fashion and taste within the popular entertainment industry. Included are examples of posters for pantomimes, fairs and circuses. The collection also contains handbills and other advertising material.

Dates: c1937 - 1989

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

Enquirer Printing Company Collection

 Collection
Reference code: NFA0125
Scope and Contents

This collection of printed material produced by the Enquirer Job Printing Company contains American sideshow and freak show posters mainly from the Ripley’s ‘Believe it or Not’ franchise and a poster sampler that was taken around by salesmen from the company.

Dates: 1869; c1930 - 1949

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

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Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 3
Beverly Sisters (c1943 - 2009) 2
Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 2
Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 2
Electric (Modern) Printing Company (c1930 - 1991) 2
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Forde, Florrie, 1875 - 1940 2
Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 2
Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 2
King, Hetty, 1883 - 1972 2
Leno, Dan, 1860 - 1904 2
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919 - 2017) 2
Taylor's Printers, Wombwell, Yorks (Established c1890) 2
Victoria, Vesta, 1873 - 1951 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
Askey, Arthur Bowden, 1900 - 1982 1
Assembly Rooms (1810 - 1819) 1
Austen Brothers Circus (Established 1974) 1
Barnes, Bill (William), 1920 - 2019 1
Barnum, P. T., 1810 - 1891 1
Barrett, Norman, Born 1935 1
Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 1
Big Daddy, 1930 - 1997 1
Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 1
Blackpool Hippodrome (1895 - 2014) 1
Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Established 1896) 1
Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 1
Bobby Robert's Super Circus (1993 - 2011) 1
Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 1
Bruce, Thomas, 7th Earl of Elgin, 1766 - 1841 1
Buller, Redvers Henry, General, Sir, 1839 - 1908 1
Burnaby, Frederick Gustavus, Colonel, 1842 - 1885 1
C. Doubtfire (Amusements) Limited (Active c1950 - 1999) 1
Cashmore, Martha, 1870 - 1957 1
Chaplin, Charles, 1889 - 1977 1
Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 1
Chipperfield, Mary, 1938 - 2014 1
Circus Busch-Roland (c1884 - 2018) 1
Circus Krone (Established 1905) 1
Circus Pinder (Established 1854) 1
Cirkus Merano (1975 - 2015) 1
Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Circus (Established c1957) 1
Cooper, Millicent, c1900 - 1995 1
Corrigan, Albert, c1920 - 2008 1
Craston, Joe (Joseph), 1868 - 1948 1
Craston, Joe (Joseph), c1900 - 1989 1
Craston, Victoria, c1902 - 1989 1
Critchlow, Cyril, 1923 - 2008 1
Cruikshank, George, 1792 - 1878 1
Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) 1
Deveen, D., c1900 - 1989 1
Drury Lane Theatre (Established c1660) 1
Duffy's Circus (Established c1800) 1
Duke of York Theatre (Established 1892) 1
Egyptian Hall (1812 - 1905) 1
Enquirer Job Printing Co. (Founded c1880) 1
Farrar's Fun Fairs (Established 1876) 1
Ford, Clifton, 1931 - 2009 1
G.R. Tucker and Sons Funfairs (Established 1976) 1
Gompertz. Moses (c1812 - 1893) 1
Gordon, Charles George, General, 1833 - 1885 1
Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (Established 1903) 1
Grimaldi, Joseph, 1778 - 1837 1
Hengler Grand Cirque (1844 - 1924) 1
Hicks, William, Colonel, 1830 - 1883 1
Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 1
J.W. Shaw Amusements (Initiated c1860 - 1889) 1
Jay, Peter, Born 1944 1
KaMpande, Cetshwayo, c1826 - 1884 1
Karno, Fred, 1866 - 1941 1
King, Steve, Born 1933 1
Ling Soo, Chung, 1861 - 1918 1
Ling's Family Amusements (Initiated c1850 - 1859) 1
Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1
Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1
Messrs. Hamilton (c1848 - 1923) 1
Mills, Cyril Bertram, 1902 - 1991 1
North's Funfairs (Established 1861) 1
Ohmy Circus (c1867 - 1920) 1
Olympia London (Established 1886) 1
Oxford Music Hall (1861 - 1926) 1
P.C. Sorcar, Junior, Born 1946 1
Pasha, Emin, 1840 - 1892 1
Paulo Circus (Established c1900 - 1910) 1
Pepper, John Henry, 1821 - 1990 1
Poole's Myrioramas (1837 - 1937) 1
Poole, Ada Violet, 1875 - 1954 1
Poole, Charles William, 1858 - 1918 1
Poole, Charles William, Jr., 1880 - [?] 1
Poole, Charles, 1821 - 1877 1
Poole, Elizabeth, 1856 - 1937 1
Poole, Florence Henrietta, 1873 - [?] 1
Poole, Fred (Frederick), 1867 - 1907 1
Poole, George Walter, 1828 - 1877 1
Poole, George, 1849 - 1929 1
Poole, Gordon, 1893 - 1970 1
Poole, Henry, 1850 - 1925 1
Poole, John Kenneth Stafford, 1911 - 1998 1
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