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World's Fair Publications Limited (Established 1904) 4

Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 2

Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 2

Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 2

Bird, Margaret, c1900 - 1999 2

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Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 2

David Smart's Super Circus (c1980 - 1983) 2

Denver, Hal, 1909 - 1994 2

Duffy's Circus (Established c1800) 2

Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 2

Shufflebottom Family, c1870 - 1998 2

Smart, Billy (William), 1894 - 1966 2

The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 2

Acres, Birt, 1854 - 1918 1

Althoff Circus (c1675 - 1999) 1

Arnold, Tom, 1897 - 1969 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

Battersea Park Amusement Park (1858 - 1972) 1

Batty, William, 1801 - 1868 1

Beatty, Clyde, 1903 - 1965 1

Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 1

Bingley Hall (1850 - 1984) 1

Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Established 1896) 1

Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 1

Blondin, Charles, 1824 - 1897 1

Bolesworth, George, 1921 - 1987 1

Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 1

Bostock, Frank C., 1866 - 1912 1

Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) 1

Brick, Hans, 1889 - 1972 1

Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 1

Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 1

Carl Hagenbeck Circus (c1893 - 1907) 1

Carmencita, c1868 - 1910 1

Chapman Circus (1928 - 1940) 1

Chapman, Ellen, 1831 - 1899 1

Chase, Bob, Born 1957 1

Chessington World of Adventures (Established 1987) 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 Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) 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

Cole Bros. Circus (c1884 - 1957) 1

Cottle, Gerry, 1945 - 2021 1

Court, Alfred, 1883 - 1977 1

Craston, Joe (Joseph), 1868 - 1948 1

Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) 1

De-Vey Family (Established c1867) 1

Dobson Family, Established c1900 - 1910 1

Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 1

Doddles, c1877 - 1967 1

Drury Lane Theatre (Established c1660) 1

Ducrow, Andrew (1793-1842) 1

Edison, Thomas, 1847 - 1931 1

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

Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain (Established 1977) 1

Friendship Circle of Showland Fans. (FCSF) (c1940 - 1969) 1

Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 1

Gerry Cottle's Circus (1974 - 2003) 1

Giffords Circus (Established 2000) 1

Glasgow Empire Theatre (1897 - 1963) 1

Gray, Liz (Elizabeth), Active c1970 - 1989 1

Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (Established 1903) 1

Grimaldi, Joseph, 1778 - 1837 1

Haslam, Albert, 1851 - [?] 1

Hassan, Ali, Born c1876 1

Haydon & Urry Ltd (c1890 - 1916) 1

Hengler Grand Cirque (1844 - 1924) 1

Horn, Rudy, 1933 - 2018 1

Horne, Thomas, Reverend, c1850 - 1918 1

Huxter, Percy, 1890 - 1960 1

International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo (Established 1974) 1

James Noyce & Sons Funfair (Established c1800) 1

Jamieson, David, 1949 - 2017 1

Jay Miller's Circus (Established 1986) 1

Jay, Peter, Born 1944 1

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

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

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