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Circus Friends Association Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0122
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a large library of books and journals, as well as archival material including posters, programmes, photographs, films, handbills, research material, scrapbooks, original artwork and many other items of ephemera relating to British, Irish and European circuses

Dates: 1795 - 2020

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

Smart Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0079
Scope and Contents

This collection contains posters, programmes, letters, film, business records and a large number of family and circus photographs. This unique family collection charts the history of the Smart family from their beginnings as fairground showmen to presenting one of the greatest British circuses.

Dates: c1890 - 2014

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  • Names: Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) X
  • Subject: Transport X

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Animals 3
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Names
Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 2
Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 2
Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 2
David Smart's Super Circus (c1980 - 1983) 2
Mellor, Jack, c1894 - 1979 (Fairground Enthusiast) 2
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Smart, Billy (William), 1894 - 1966 2
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
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
Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 1
Bostock, Frank C., 1866 - 1912 1
Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) 1
Brick, Hans, 1889 - 1972 1
Butlins (Established c1920) 1
Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 1
Carl Hagenbeck Circus (c1893 - 1907) 1
Chapman Circus (1928 - 1940) 1
Chapman, Ellen, 1831 - 1899 1
Chessington World of Adventures (Established 1987) 1
Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 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
Codona (Established c1790) 1
Cole Bros. Circus (c1884 - 1957) 1
Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 1
Corrigan's Amusement Arcades (Established c1960 - 1969) 1
Cottle, Gerry, 1945 - 2021 1
Court, Alfred, 1883 - 1977 1
Craston, Joe (Joseph), 1868 - 1948 1
Crow Amusements (Established 1865) 1
Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) 1
Denver, Hal, 1909 - 1994 1
Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 1
Doddles, c1877 - 1967 1
Drury Lane Theatre (Established c1660) 1
Ducrow, Andrew (1793-1842) 1
Duffy's Circus (Established c1800) 1
Fairground Association of Great Britain. (FAGB) (Established 1977) 1
Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain (Established 1977) 1
Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 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
Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (Established 1903) 1
Grimaldi, Joseph, 1778 - 1837 1
Hassan, Ali, Born c1876 1
Hengler Grand Cirque (1844 - 1924) 1
Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 1
Horn, Rudy, 1933 - 2018 1
Huxter, Percy, 1890 - 1960 1
International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo (Established 1974) 1
J.W. Shaw Amusements (Initiated c1860 - 1889) 1
Jamieson, David, 1949 - 2017 1
Jay Miller's Circus (Established 1986) 1
Jay, Peter, Born 1944 1
Kayes, Priscilla, c1904 - 1994 1
Keith, Charlie, 1836 - 1895 1
Kelvin Hall (Established 1918) 1
Kiralfy, Imre, 1845 - 1919 1
Knight, Laura, Dame, 1877 - 1970 1
Koringa, 1913 - 1976 1
Lee, Harry, 1913 - 1997 1
Ling's Family Amusements (Initiated c1850 - 1859) 1
Lockhart, George (1883-1979) 1
London Hippodrome (Established 1900) 1
Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1
Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1
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