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Argyle Theatre Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0117
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a large number of posters as well as business records including records of artist bookings, accounts, scrapbooks, contracts and correspondence.

Dates: 1865 - 1941

Ben Jackson Collection

 Collection
Reference code: NFA0106
Scope and Contents

This collection contains 16 posters, 2 handbills, 2 programmes and a small amount of business records, trade material and correspondence relating to Ben Jackson's banjo variety act.

Dates: c1903 - 1923

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

Handby Celeine Collection

 Collection
Reference code: NFA0107
Scope and Contents

Posters, photographs, programmes, 1 piece of sheet music for six instruments and a small amount of business records and correspondence relating to the dancing and burlesque comedy on skates.

Dates: c1920 - 1945; 2020

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Argyle Theatre of Varieties (c1868 - 1945) 2
Beverly Sisters (c1943 - 2009) 2
Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 2
Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 2
Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 2
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Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 2
Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 2
Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 2
Taylor's Printers, Wombwell, Yorks (Established c1890) 2
Adelphi Theatre (Established 1806) 1
Askey, Arthur Bowden, 1900 - 1982 1
Austen Brothers Circus (Established 1974) 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
Bobby Robert's Super Circus (1993 - 2011) 1
Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 1
Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) 1
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (Established 1920) 1
Buller, Redvers Henry, General, Sir, 1839 - 1908 1
C. Doubtfire (Amusements) Limited (Active c1950 - 1999) 1
Chaplin, Charles, 1889 - 1977 1
Chester Royalty Theatre (1882 - 1966) 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
Cooper, Millicent, c1900 - 1995 1
Corrigan, Albert, c1920 - 2008 1
Critchlow, Cyril, 1923 - 2008 1
Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) 1
Deveen, D., c1900 - 1989 1
Duffy's Circus (Established c1800) 1
Duke of York Theatre (Established 1892) 1
Egyptian Hall (1812 - 1905) 1
Electric (Modern) Printing Company (c1930 - 1991) 1
Empire Theatre (1914 - 1955) (Tonbridge) 1
Farrar's Fun Fairs (Established 1876) 1
Ford, Clifton, 1931 - 2009 1
Forde, Florrie, 1875 - 1940 1
G.R. Tucker and Sons Funfairs (Established 1976) 1
Gitana, Gertie (1887 - 1957) 1
Glasgow Empire Theatre (1897 - 1963) 1
Grand Theatre (1898 - 1957) (Luton) 1
Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (Established 1903) 1
Grimaldi, Joseph, 1778 - 1837 1
Handby & Celeine (Active 1932 - 1939) 1
Heeley Green Theatre (1920 - 2004) 1
Hippodrome (1880 - 1956) (Keighley) 1
Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 1
Hylton, Millie, 1870 - 1920 1
J.W. Shaw Amusements (Initiated c1860 - 1889) 1
Jackson, Ben (Benjamin), Active 1903 - 1923 1
Jay, Peter, Born 1944 1
Karno, Fred, 1866 - 1941 1
King, Hetty, 1883 - 1972 1
King, Steve, Born 1933 1
Leno, Dan, 1860 - 1904 1
Ling's Family Amusements (Initiated c1850 - 1859) 1
Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1
Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1
Mills, Cyril Bertram, 1902 - 1991 1
North's Funfairs (Established 1861) 1
Ohmy Circus (c1867 - 1920) 1
Olympia London (Established 1886) 1
P.C. Sorcar, Junior, Born 1946 1
Palace Theatre (1898 - 1955) (Attercliffe) 1
Paulo Circus (Established c1900 - 1910) 1
Prince of Wales Theatre (Established 1884) (London) 1
Raffles, Joan, 1925 - 2009 1
Raffles, Mark, Born 1922 1
Reeves, Billie (William), 1864 - 1943 1
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919 - 2017) 1
Robert Brothers Circus (Established 1944) 1
Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts, 1832 - 1914 1
Rosaire's Circus & Zoo (Established 1904) 1
Sanger, George, 1825 - 1911 1
Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 1
Shettleston Public Hall (1925 - 2014) 1
Taylor, Charles, Born c1940 1
Taylor, Heather, Born c1945 1
The Alhambra Theatre (Established 1914) (Bradford) 1
The Empire Theatre (Penge) (1913 - 1949) 1
The Great Ohmy, c1852 - 1931 1
The Hippodrome (1913 - 1960) (Aldershot) 1
The London Palladium (Established 1910) 1
The New Alhambra Theatre (Devonport) (1894 - 1941) 1
The Nolan Sisters (Established 1980) 1
The Ohmy Sisters (c1910 - 1914) 1
The Palace Theatre (Established 1891) (London) 1
The Queen's Theatre (1934 - 1939) (Mansfield) 1
The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 1
The Theatre Royal (Established 1805) (Bath) 1
The Theatre Royal (Stockport) (1869 - 1958) 1
The Theatre Royal (c1855 - 1957) (Bilston) 1
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