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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

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

Digger Pugh Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0179
Scope and Contents

Archive of the Digger Pugh family including newspaper cuttings, photographs, negatives, business records, programmes, research material, posters and films.

Dates: c1930 - 2010

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

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Acrobats 3
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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919 - 2017) 3
Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 2
Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 2
Circus Krone (Established 1905) 2
Forde, Florrie, 1875 - 1940 2
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Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 2
King, Hetty, 1883 - 1972 2
Leno, Dan, 1860 - 1904 2
Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 2
Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 2
Toulmin, Vanessa, Professor, Born 1967 2
Victoria, Vesta, 1873 - 1951 2
Adelphi Theatre (Established 1806) 1
Argyle Theatre of Varieties (c1868 - 1945) 1
Assembly Rooms (1810 - 1819) 1
Austen Brothers Circus (Established 1974) 1
Barnes, Bill (William), 1920 - 2019 1
Barrett, Norman, Born 1935 1
Beverly Sisters (c1943 - 2009) 1
Big Daddy, 1930 - 1997 1
Blackpool Hippodrome (1895 - 2014) 1
Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 1
Bobby Robert's Super Circus (1993 - 2011) 1
Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 1
Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) 1
British Fairground Society (BFS) (Established c1950) 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
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 Medrano (Established 1875) 1
Circus Pinder (Established 1854) 1
Cirkus Merano (1975 - 2015) 1
Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Circus (Established c1957) 1
Cole Bros. Circus (c1884 - 1957) 1
Cooper, Millicent, c1900 - 1995 1
Critchlow, Cyril, 1923 - 2008 1
Cruikshank, George, 1792 - 1878 1
Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) 1
Deveen, D., c1900 - 1989 1
Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 1
Downie, Graham, Born 1941 (Fairground Enthusiast) 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
Electric (Modern) Printing Company (c1930 - 1991) 1
Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 1
Friendship Circle of Showland Fans. (FCSF) (c1940 - 1969) 1
Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 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
Jay, Peter, Born 1944 1
KaMpande, Cetshwayo, c1826 - 1884 1
Karno, Fred, 1866 - 1941 1
Ling Soo, Chung, 1861 - 1918 1
Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1
Messrs. Hamilton (c1848 - 1923) 1
Mills, Cyril Bertram, 1902 - 1991 1
National Fairground and Circus Archive. NFCA (Established 1994) 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
Poole, John Reginald, 1882 - 1950 1
Poole, Joseph Wolseley, 1878 - 1954 1
Poole, Joseph, 1847 - 1906 1
Poole, Lillian Maude, 1879 - 1946 1
Prince of Wales Theatre (Established 1884) (London) 1
Pryce, Elijah, 1847 - 1935 1
Pugh, Digger, c1902 - 1985 1
Pugh, John Wallace, Born 1938 1
Putney Cinema (c1910 - 1976) 1
Raffles, Joan, 1925 - 2009 1
Raffles, Mark, Born 1922 1
Robert Brothers Circus (Established 1944) 1
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