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Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 4

Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 3

Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 3

Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 3

The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 3

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Argyle Theatre of Varieties (c1868 - 1945) 2

Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 2

Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) 2

British Fairground Society (BFS) (Established c1950) 2

Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 2

Circus Krone (Established 1905) 2

Electric (Modern) Printing Company (c1930 - 1991) 2

Friendship Circle of Showland Fans. (FCSF) (c1940 - 1969) 2

Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 2

Mills, Cyril Bertram, 1902 - 1991 2

Norman, Tom, 1860 - 1930 (The Silver King) 2

Paulo Circus (Established c1900 - 1910) 2

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919 - 2017) 2

Sanger, George, 1825 - 1911 2

The Kursaal (1894 - 2020) 2

Wilsons Group Services (Established c1860) 2

Adams, Albert Victor, 1890 - 1949 1

Adams, Lulu (Louise), c1900 - 1989 1

Adelphi Theatre (Established 1806) 1

Angolpark (Established 1910) 1

Astley, Philip, 1742 - 1814 1

Austen Brothers Circus (Established 1974) 1

Barrett, Norman, Born 1935 1

Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980 1

Beverly Sisters (c1943 - 2009) 1

Biddall, c1880 - 1914 1

Big Daddy, 1930 - 1997 1

Bird, Margaret, c1900 - 1999 1

Blackpool Hippodrome (1895 - 2014) 1

Bobby Robert's Super Circus (1993 - 2011) 1

Booth, William, 1829 - 1912 (The General) 1

Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 1

Braithwaite, David, 1932 - 1982 1

Braithwaite, Joanna, Born c1960 1

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

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (Established 1920) 1

Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 1

Buller, Redvers Henry, General, Sir, 1839 - 1908 1

Butcher, Caroline, [?] 1

Butcher, Henry, c1840 - [?] 1

Buttrick, Barbara, Born 1930 1

Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 1

Cashmore, Martha, 1870 - 1957 1

Chaplin, Charles, 1889 - 1977 1

Chapman, Ellen, 1831 - 1899 1

Chester Royalty Theatre (1882 - 1966) 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

Craston, Joe (Joseph), 1868 - 1948 1

Craston, Joe (Joseph), c1900 - 1989 1

Craston, Victoria, c1902 - 1989 1

Critchlow, Cyril, 1923 - 2008 1

Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) 1

David Smart's Super Circus (c1980 - 1983) 1

Denver, Hal, 1909 - 1994 1

Deveen, D., c1900 - 1989 1

Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 1

Downie, Graham, Born 1941 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1

Duffy's Circus (Established c1800) 1

Duke of York Theatre (Established 1892) 1

Egyptian Hall (1812 - 1905) 1

Empire Theatre (1914 - 1955) (Tonbridge) 1

Forde, Florrie, 1875 - 1940 1

Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 1

Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 1

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

Groupe Gaston Reverchon International Design (1929 - 2008) 1

Hall by the Sea (1870 - 1919) 1

Handby & Celeine (Active 1932 - 1939) 1

Heeley Green Theatre (1920 - 2004) 1

Hippodrome (1880 - 1956) (Keighley) 1

Hylton, Millie, 1870 - 1920 1

Jackson, Ben (Benjamin), Active 1903 - 1923 1

Jay, Peter, Born 1944 1

Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 1

Karno, Fred, 1866 - 1941 1

Kelvin Hall (Established 1918) 1

King, Hetty, 1883 - 1972 1

Lang Wheels (c1900 - 1969) 1

Leno, Dan, 1860 - 1904 1

Lusse Brothers Inc (1922 - 1994) 1

Mazelly-Miller Family (Established c1842) 1

McIndoe, George Archiebald, Born c1961 1

Miller, Richard, 1895 - 1914 1

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