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Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 3

Shufflebottom Family, c1870 - 1998 3

Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 2

Bird, Margaret, c1900 - 1999 2

Buller, Redvers Henry, General, Sir, 1839 - 1908 2

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

Karno, Fred, 1866 - 1941 2

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

Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts, 1832 - 1914 2

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

Tilley, Vesta, 1864 - 1952 2

Toulmin, Vanessa, Professor, Born 1967 2

Waddington's Funfairs (Initiated c1860 - 1899) 2

Acres, Birt, 1854 - 1918 1

Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 1

Angolpark (Established 1910) 1

Argyle Theatre of Varieties (c1868 - 1945) 1

Assembly Rooms (1810 - 1819) 1

Barnes, Bill (William), 1920 - 2019 1

Barnum, P. T., 1810 - 1891 1

Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980 1

Biddall, c1880 - 1914 1

Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 1

Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) 1

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (Established 1920) 1

British Fairground Society (BFS) (Established c1950) 1

Bruce, Thomas, 7th Earl of Elgin, 1766 - 1841 1

Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 1

Burnaby, Frederick Gustavus, Colonel, 1842 - 1885 1

Butlins (Established c1920) 1

Buttrick, Barbara, Born 1930 1

Carmencita, c1868 - 1910 1

Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 1

Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) 1

Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Circus (Established c1957) 1

Codona (Established c1790) 1

Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 1

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

Crow Amusements (Established 1865) 1

Cruikshank, George, 1792 - 1878 1

Denver, Hal, 1909 - 1994 1

Downie, Graham, Born 1941 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1

Drury Lane Theatre (Established c1660) 1

Edison, Thomas, 1847 - 1931 1

Enquirer Job Printing Co. (Founded c1880) 1

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

Forde, Florrie, 1875 - 1940 1

Gitana, Gertie (1887 - 1957) 1

Gompertz. Moses (c1812 - 1893) 1

Gordon, Charles George, General, 1833 - 1885 1

Hengler Grand Cirque (1844 - 1924) 1

Hicks, William, Colonel, 1830 - 1883 1

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

Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 1

Hylton, Millie, 1870 - 1920 1

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

Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 1

KaMpande, Cetshwayo, c1826 - 1884 1

Kelvin Hall (Established 1918) 1

King, Hetty, 1883 - 1972 1

La Belle Atalanta, 1874 - 1953 1

Lee, Harry, 1913 - 1997 1

Leno, Dan, 1860 - 1904 1

Lindfors, Bernth, Professor, Born 1938 1

Ling Soo, Chung, 1861 - 1918 1

Ling's Family Amusements (Initiated c1850 - 1859) 1

Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1

Manders (Established 1850) 1

Manning Carnival Fun Fairs (Established 1850) 1

McIndoe, George Archiebald, Born c1961 1

Mellors Group Events (Established 1890) 1

Messrs. Hamilton (c1848 - 1923) 1

Mills, Cyril Bertram, 1902 - 1991 1

National Fairground and Circus Archive. NFCA (Established 1994) 1

Norman, Tom, 1860 - 1930 (The Silver King) 1

Oakley, Annie, 1860 - 1926 1

Oxford Music Hall (1861 - 1926) 1

Pasha, Emin, 1840 - 1892 1

Pat Collins Fun Fairs (Established 1899) 1

Paul, Robert, 1869 - 1943 1

Pepper, John Henry, 1821 - 1990 1

Poole's Myrioramas (1837 - 1937) 1

Poole, Ada Violet, 1875 - 1954 1

Poole, Charles William, 1858 - 1918 1

Poole, Charles William, Jr., 1880 - [?] 1

Poole, Charles, 1821 - 1877 1

Poole, Elizabeth, 1856 - 1937 1

Poole, Florence Henrietta, 1873 - [?] 1

Poole, Fred (Frederick), 1867 - 1907 1

Poole, George Walter, 1828 - 1877 1

Poole, George, 1849 - 1929 1

Poole, Gordon, 1893 - 1970 1

Poole, Henry, 1850 - 1925 1

Poole, John Kenneth Stafford, 1911 - 1998 1

Poole, John Reginald, 1882 - 1950 1

Poole, Joseph Wolseley, 1878 - 1954 1

Poole, Joseph, 1847 - 1906 1

Poole, Lillian Maude, 1879 - 1946 1

Pryce, Elijah, 1847 - 1935 1

Putney Cinema (c1910 - 1976) 1

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