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Rod Spooner Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0011
Scope and Contents

The collection includes photographs taken by Jack Mellor and includes images of fairground rides, sideshows and traction engines. There are copies of Rod Spooner's photographs of South and Midland Fairs from 1952-1953. Also included is a cassette recording of an interview With Kay Smart and other showmen/women.

Dates: c1900 - 1989

Rowland Scott Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0037
Scope and Contents

Photographs related to all aspects of British travelling fairgrounds including; rides, transport, living wagons, showpeople, fairground shows, circuses and organs by Rowland Scott and other authors, a selection of manuscripts by Rowland Scott and a small amount of correspondence.

Dates: c1899 - 1989

Sanger Circus Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0154
Scope and Contents

Black and white and some colour photographs, negatives, handbills, programmes and other items of ephemera relating George Sanger's circus and the Hall by the Sea.

Dates: c1850 - 1945

Sanger Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0166
Scope and Contents

This collection contains black and white photographs of George Sanger's Circus, photocopies of newspaper cuttings related to the Sanger Family and original drawings for costume designs by June Dick.

Dates: c1900 - 2018

Shufflebottom Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0014
Scope and Contents The main part of the collection consists of material relating to the Shufflebottom family and receipts and posters advertising their latest attractions. The second half of the collection relates to the Waddington family and Margaret Shufflebottom's later marriage to Arthur Bird.The Shufflebottom collection consists of photographs, diaries, albums, account books and assorted ephemera associated with the family's history on the fair. The photographic material dates from 1890 to the...
Dates: c1890 - 1989

Skinning the Cat Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0157
Scope and Contents

This collection contains the archive of Skinning the Cat, aerial circus company including press cuttings relating, promotional material, programmes, photographs, costumes and costume designs and business records. It also contains DVDs of footage of performances, a book by Rebecca Truman and digital born files.

Dates: 1988 - 2018

Testo Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0032
Scope and Contents

This collection comprises photographs, business records, articles, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, advertising material, family research and items of personal archive related to the Testo family history in the fairground and circus

Dates: 1898 - 1999

The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0054
Scope and Contents

The main extent of the collection contains yearbooks, meetings and minutes, correspondence and a record of day to day activities within The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain.

Dates: 1904 - 2023

World's Fair Newspaper Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0085
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the complete run of The World's Fair Newspaper from 1904 to the present day. Including microfilmed copies from 1904 to 1950.

Dates: 1904 - 2020

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Sanger, George, 1825 - 1911 5
Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 4
Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 4
Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 4
Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 4
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Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 4
Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 4
The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 4
World's Fair Publications Limited (Established 1904) 4
Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 3
Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 3
Chapman, Ellen, 1831 - 1899 3
Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 3
Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 3
Duffy's Circus (Established c1800) 3
Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 3
Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 3
Paulo Circus (Established c1900 - 1910) 3
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919 - 2017) 3
Rosaire's Circus & Zoo (Established 1904) 3
Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 2
Astley, Philip, 1742 - 1814 2
Austen Brothers Circus (Established 1974) 2
Beverly Sisters (c1943 - 2009) 2
Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Established 1896) 2
Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 2
Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 2
Chipperfield, Mary, 1938 - 2014 2
Circus Busch-Roland (c1884 - 2018) 2
Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) 2
Circus Krone (Established 1905) 2
Circus Pinder (Established 1854) 2
Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Circus (Established c1957) 2
Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 2
Cottle, Gerry, 1945 - 2021 2
Craston, Joe (Joseph), 1868 - 1948 2
Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) 2
Drury Lane Theatre (Established c1660) 2
Electric (Modern) Printing Company (c1930 - 1991) 2
Forde, Florrie, 1875 - 1940 2
Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (Established 1903) 2
Grimaldi, Joseph, 1778 - 1837 2
Hall by the Sea (1870 - 1919) 2
Hengler Grand Cirque (1844 - 1924) 2
Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 2
J.W. Shaw Amusements (Initiated c1860 - 1889) 2
Jay, Peter, Born 1944 2
King, Hetty, 1883 - 1972 2
Leno, Dan, 1860 - 1904 2
Ling's Family Amusements (Initiated c1850 - 1859) 2
Mellor, Jack, c1894 - 1979 (Fairground Enthusiast) 2
Ohmy Circus (c1867 - 1920) 2
Olympia London (Established 1886) 2
Robert Brothers Circus (Established 1944) 2
Sanger's Allied Circus (Established 1854) 2
Shufflebottom Family, c1870 - 1998 2
Taylor's Printers, Wombwell, Yorks (Established c1890) 2
The Agricultural Hall (1862 - 1943) 2
The Great Ohmy, c1852 - 1931 2
The London Palladium (Established 1910) 2
Toulmin, Vanessa, Professor, Born 1967 2
Victoria, Vesta, 1873 - 1951 2
W. E. Berry Ltd (1888 - 2004) 2
Waddington's Funfairs (Initiated c1860 - 1899) 2
Whimsical Walker, 1851 - 1934 2
Williams, Randall Kay, 1846 - 1898 2
Wilsons Group Services (Established c1860) 2
Adams, Albert Victor, 1890 - 1949 1
Adams, Lulu (Louise), c1900 - 1989 1
Adelphi Theatre (Established 1806) 1
Airey, Malcolm, c1938 -1998 1
Althoff Circus (c1675 - 1999) 1
Argyle Theatre of Varieties (c1868 - 1945) 1
Arnold, Tom, 1897 - 1969 1
Askey, Arthur Bowden, 1900 - 1982 1
Assembly Rooms (1810 - 1819) 1
Astley's Amphitheatre (1773 - 1891) 1
Barbette, 1899 - 1973 1
Barltrop, Chris, Born c1958 1
Barnes, Bill (William), 1920 - 2019 1
Barnum & Bailey Circus (1881 - 1919) 1
Barnum, P. T., 1810 - 1891 1
Barrett's Canadian Circus (1925 - 1956) 1
Barrett, Norman, Born 1935 1
Battersea Park Amusement Park (1858 - 1972) 1
Batty, William, 1801 - 1868 1
Beatty, Clyde, 1903 - 1965 1
Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 1
Big Daddy, 1930 - 1997 1
Bingley Hall (1850 - 1984) 1
Bird, Margaret, c1900 - 1999 1
Blackpool Hippodrome (1895 - 2014) 1
Blondin, Charles, 1824 - 1897 1
Bobby Robert's Super Circus (1993 - 2011) 1
Booth, William, 1829 - 1912 (The General) 1
Bostock, Frank C., 1866 - 1912 1
Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) 1
Brick, Hans, 1889 - 1972 1
British Fairground Society (BFS) (Established c1950) 1
Bruce, Thomas, 7th Earl of Elgin, 1766 - 1841 1
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