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Charles Taylor Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0069
Scope and Contents

The Charles Taylor collection is a fine example of Taylor’s of Wombwell printers’ posters, which highlight changes in printing techniques, fashion and taste within the popular entertainment industry. Included are examples of posters for pantomimes, fairs and circuses. The collection also contains handbills and other advertising material.

Dates: c1937 - 1989

David Braithwaite Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0053
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs taken by David Braithwaite from the 1950s and used towards his publications alongside older images collected from other sources as well as business records, monographs, articles, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, advertising material, bibliographies, catalogues, programmes, films and some other miscellaneous items.

Dates: c1880 - 1989

George McIndoe Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0181
Scope and Contents

Photographs, slides, newspaper cuttings related to the Biddall family and photographs of Kirkaldy Fair created for a documentary on Scottish fairs.

Dates: c1880 - 1969; 18 May 1981

Jimmy Williams Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0035
Scope and Contents

Black and white copy prints and negatives and three items of ephemera relating to the Williams family.

Dates: c1880 - 1972

The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0054
Scope and Contents

The main extent of the collection contains yearbooks, meetings and minutes, correspondence and a record of day to day activities within The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain.

Dates: 1904 - 2023

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Names
Askey, Arthur Bowden, 1900 - 1982 1
Beverly Sisters (c1943 - 2009) 1
Biddall, c1880 - 1914 1
Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Established 1896) 1
Braithwaite, David, 1932 - 1982 1
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Braithwaite, Joanna, Born c1960 1
British Amusement Catering Trade Association (BACTA) (Established 1974) 1
British Fairground Society (BFS) (Established c1950) 1
Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 1
C. Doubtfire (Amusements) Limited (Active c1950 - 1999) 1
Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 1
Chipperfield, Mary, 1938 - 2014 1
Circus Pinder (Established 1854) 1
Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 1
Corrigan, Albert, c1920 - 2008 1
Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 1
Farrar's Fun Fairs (Established 1876) 1
Ford, Clifton, 1931 - 2009 1
Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 1
G.R. Tucker and Sons Funfairs (Established 1976) 1
Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 1
George Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd (1875 - 1977) 1
Groupe Gaston Reverchon International Design (1929 - 2008) 1
Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 1
Horne, Thomas, Reverend, c1850 - 1918 1
J.W. Shaw Amusements (Initiated c1860 - 1889) 1
Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 1
King, Steve, Born 1933 1
Lang Wheels (c1900 - 1969) 1
Ling's Family Amusements (Initiated c1850 - 1859) 1
Lusse Brothers Inc (1922 - 1994) 1
McIndoe, George Archiebald, Born c1961 1
Mills, Bertram, 1873 - 1938 1
North's Funfairs (Established 1861) 1
Orton, George, 1843 - 1924 1
Rosaire's Circus & Zoo (Established 1904) 1
Savage Ltd (1850 -1973) 1
Savage, Frederick, 1828 - 1897 1
Spooner, Charles, 1871 - 1939 1
Supercar Company Ltd (Established 1934) 1
Taylor's Printers, Wombwell, Yorks (Established c1890) 1
Taylor, Charles, Born c1940 1
Taylor, Heather, Born c1945 1
The Nolan Sisters (Established 1980) 1
Thurston, Charles, c1882 - 1928 1
Waddington's Funfairs (Initiated c1860 - 1899) 1
Wallis & Steevens Ltd (1856 - 1981) 1
Weights Circus and Zoo (c1945 - 1999) 1
Whimsical Walker, 1851 - 1934 1
Williams, Jimmy (James), 1922 - 2009 1
Wilsons Group Services (Established c1860) 1
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