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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
Found in:
National Fairground and Circus Archive
Geoff Stevens Collection
Fonds
Reference code: NFA0130
Scope and Contents
Collection of circus books, journals and films.
Dates:
1930 - 2002
Found in:
National Fairground and Circus Archive
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- Althoff Circus (c1675 - 1999) 1
- Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 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
- Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 1
- Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 1
- Bingley Hall (1850 - 1984) 1
- Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Established 1896) 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
- Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 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, 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 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
- Cirkus Scott (1937 - 2003) 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
- David Smart's Super Circus (c1980 - 1983) 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
- 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
- Horn, Rudy, 1933 - 2018 1
- Huxter, Percy, 1890 - 1960 1
- Il Florilegio (Established 1990) 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
- Lockhart, George (1883-1979) 1
- London Hippodrome (Established 1900) 1
- Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1
- Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1
- Menken, Adah Isaacs, 1835 - 1868 1
- Merchant, Billy (Little Billy), 1919 - 2001 1
- Mooky the Clown, Born 1974 1
- Niblett, Jack, 1909 - 1990 1
- Ohmy Circus (c1867 - 1920) 1
- Olympia London (Established 1886) 1
- Paulo Circus (Established c1900 - 1910) 1
- Polito's Menagerie (c1810 - 1830) 1
- Polyakov, Nikolai Petrovich, 1900 - 1974 (Coco the Clown) 1 + ∧ less
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