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Names

The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 8

Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 5

World's Fair Publications Limited (Established 1904) 5

Friendship Circle of Showland Fans. (FCSF) (c1940 - 1969) 4

Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 3

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British Fairground Society (BFS) (Established c1950) 3

Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 3

Toulmin, Vanessa, Professor, Born 1967 3

Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 2

Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 2

Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 2

Braithwaite, David, 1932 - 1982 2

Calladine, Neil, Born 1951 2

Carters Steam Fair (1977 - 2022) 2

Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) 2

Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 2

Fairground Association of Great Britain. (FAGB) (Established 1977) 2

Gale, John, Active 1920 - 1989 (Fairground Enthusiast) 2

George Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd (1875 - 1977) 2

Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 2

Jay Miller's Circus (Established 1986) 2

Lee, Harry, 1913 - 1997 2

Ling's Family Amusements (Initiated c1850 - 1859) 2

Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 2

Manders (Established 1850) 2

Mellor, Jack, c1894 - 1979 (Fairground Enthusiast) 2

Mellors Group Events (Established 1890) 2

National Fairground and Circus Archive. NFCA (Established 1994) 2

Olympia London (Established 1886) 2

Orton, George, 1843 - 1924 2

Pat Collins Fun Fairs (Established 1899) 2

Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 2

Savage Ltd (1850 -1973) 2

Scott, Rowland, 1921 - 1998 (Fairground Enthusiast) 2

Shufflebottom Family, c1870 - 1998 2

Spooner, Charles, 1871 - 1939 2

Wallis' Amusements (Established 1883) 2

Wilsons Group Services (Established c1860) 2

Airey, Malcolm, c1938 -1998 1

Althoff Circus (c1675 - 1999) 1

Arnold, Tom, 1897 - 1969 1

Aspland, George, 1836 - 1911 1

Aspland-Howden (c1875 - 1915) 1

Astley's Amphitheatre (1773 - 1891) 1

Astley, Philip, 1742 - 1814 1

Austen Brothers Circus (Established 1974) 1

B. Cole & Sons (Amusements) Ltd (Established 1890) 1

Barbette, 1899 - 1973 1

Barltrop, Chris, Born c1958 1

Barnum & Bailey Circus (1881 - 1919) 1

Barrett's Canadian Circus (1925 - 1956) 1

Bartlett, John Norman, c1892 - 1972 1

Battersea Park Amusement Park (1858 - 1972) 1

Batty, William, 1801 - 1868 1

Beatty, Clyde, 1903 - 1965 1

Biddall, c1880 - 1914 1

Bingley Hall (1850 - 1984) 1

Bird, Margaret, c1900 - 1999 1

Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Established 1896) 1

Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 1

Blondin, Charles, 1824 - 1897 1

Bob Wilson's Funfairs (Established 1971) 1

Bolesworth, George, 1921 - 1987 1

Bostock, Frank C., 1866 - 1912 1

Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) 1

Bradley, Philip W, Active 1920 - 1999 1

Braithwaite, Joanna, Born c1960 1

Braithwaite, Paul, Born 1953 1

Brick, Hans, 1889 - 1972 1

British Amusement Catering Trade Association (BACTA) (Established 1974) 1

Browns Foundry Co. (Established 1869) 1

Burridge, Martin, Born 1952 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1

Butlins (Established c1920) 1

Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 1

Carl Hagenbeck Circus (c1893 - 1907) 1

Chapman Circus (1928 - 1940) 1

Chapman, Ellen, 1831 - 1899 1

Chessington World of Adventures (Established 1987) 1

Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 1

Chipperfield, Jimmy (James), 1912 - 1990 1

Chipperfield, Mary, 1938 - 2014 1

Circus Archaos (Established 1986) 1

Circus Barum (1878 - 2008) 1

Circus Busch (1903 - 1999) 1

Circus Busch-Roland (c1884 - 2018) 1

Circus Ginnett (Established c1800) 1

Circus Knie (Established 1803) 1

Circus Krone (Established 1905) 1

Circus Medrano (Established 1875) 1

Circus Pinder (Established 1854) 1

Circus Roncalli (Established 1976) 1

Circus Sarrasani (c1902 - 1977) 1

Circus of Horrors (Established 1995) 1

Cirque Jean Richard (c1957 - 1990) 1

Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione (Established 1852) 1

Cirque du Soleil (Established 1984) 1

Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Circus (Established c1957) 1

Coats, Billy (William), c1938 - 2013 (Fairground Showman and Enthusiast) 1

Codona (Established c1790) 1

Cole Bros. Circus (c1884 - 1957) 1

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