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The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 7

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

World's Fair Publications Limited (Established 1904) 4

Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 3

British Fairground Society (BFS) (Established c1950) 3

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Toulmin, Vanessa, Professor, Born 1967 3

Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 2

Braithwaite, David, 1932 - 1982 2

Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 2

Calladine, Neil, Born 1951 2

Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 2

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

Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 2

Lee, Harry, 1913 - 1997 2

Ling's Family Amusements (Initiated c1850 - 1859) 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

Orton, George, 1843 - 1924 2

Pat Collins Fun Fairs (Established 1899) 2

Savage Ltd (1850 -1973) 2

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

Shufflebottom Family, c1870 - 1998 2

Spooner, Charles, 1871 - 1939 2

Airey, Malcolm, c1938 -1998 1

Aspland, George, 1836 - 1911 1

Aspland-Howden (c1875 - 1915) 1

Bartlett, John Norman, c1892 - 1972 1

Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 1

Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 1

Biddall, c1880 - 1914 1

Bird, Margaret, c1900 - 1999 1

Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 1

Bradley, Philip W, Active 1920 - 1999 1

Braithwaite, Joanna, Born c1960 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

Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) 1

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

Codona (Established c1790) 1

Corrigan's Amusement Arcades (Established c1960 - 1969) 1

Cranes (Dereham) Ltd (1865 - 2005) 1

Crow Amusements (Established 1865) 1

Danter, Establish c1880 (Fairground Showmen) 1

Darby, Herbert, Active c1880 - 1929 (Fairground Artist) 1

Dave Homer Video (Established 1989) 1

De-Vey Family (Established c1867) 1

Downie, Graham, Born 1941 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1

Fairground Association of Great Britain. (FAGB) (Established 1977) 1

Fairweather, John, 1867 - 1942 (Architect) 1

Farrar's Fun Fairs (Established 1876) 1

Farrar, Enoch, c1860 - 1935 1

Gale, John, Active 1920 - 1989 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1

Goodwin, Amy, Born c1987 1

Groupe Gaston Reverchon International Design (1929 - 2008) 1

Haslam, Albert, 1851 - [?] 1

Hives, Joe (Joseph), Active c1900 - 1979 1

Horne, Thomas, Reverend, c1850 - 1918 1

J. Whiting & Son Funfairs (Established c1899) 1

J.W. Shaw Amusements (Initiated c1860 - 1889) 1

Jackson, Percy (Percival), Active 1900 - 1970 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1

James Noyce & Sons Funfair (Established c1800) 1

Johnstone, Stuart, Active 1920 - 1980 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1

Jones, Arthur, Active c1890 -1979 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1

Lang Wheels (c1900 - 1969) 1

Lee, Ron, Born c1942 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1

Leeson, Jack, 1917 - 1995 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1

Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1

Lusse Brothers Inc (1922 - 1994) 1

Manning Carnival Fun Fairs (Established 1850) 1

Marshall, Renee, 1916 - 2000 1

Marshall, Walter, 1916 - 1970 1

Mather & Platt (Established 1845) 1

McIndoe, George Archiebald, Born c1961 1

Moss Gear Company Ltd (Established 1910) 1

Nichols Family, Established c1918 1

Nichols Fun Fair (Established c1918) 1

Olympia London (Established 1886) 1

Poole, Harry, c1895 - 1980 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1

Price, Dick (Richard), c1922 - 2000 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1

Proctors Funfairs (Established c1870) 1

Robey & Co. Ltd (c1849 - 1988) 1

Roger Tuby & Son Funfairs (Established c1871) 1

Russell, Harry, 1920 - 2009 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1

S.D.C. (c1960 - 1993) (Amusement Rides Manufacturers) 1

Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 1

Savage, Frederick, 1828 - 1897 1

Scott, Walter, 1843 - 1909 1

Scott-Stewart, Dick (Richard), 1948 - 2002 1

Scrivens, Kevin, Born c1960 1

Shufflebottom, Florence, 1931 - 2013 1

Shufflebottom, Rosina, 1872 - 1937 1

Shufflebottom, William, c1850 - 1916 1

Silcocks Fun Fairs (Established c1870 - 1879) 1

Sissons, Richard, Born c1950 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1

Smart, Kay, c1930 - 2016 1

Smith, Stephen, Born c1960 1

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