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Bill Barnes Collection
Programmes, posters and photographs mainly related to the Poole family's travelling Myriorama show.
Charles Taylor Collection
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.
Circus Friends Association Collection
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
Smart Family Collection
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.
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- Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 2
- Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Established 1896) 2
- Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 2
- Chipperfield, Mary, 1938 - 2014 2
- Circus Pinder (Established 1854) 2
- David Smart's Super Circus (c1980 - 1983) 2
- Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 2
- Drury Lane Theatre (Established c1660) 2
- Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 2
- Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 2
- Hengler Grand Cirque (1844 - 1924) 2
- Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 2
- Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919 - 2017) 2
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- Smart, Billy (William), 1894 - 1966 2
- The Agricultural Hall (1862 - 1943) 2
- Althoff Circus (c1675 - 1999) 1
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- Arnold, Tom, 1897 - 1969 1
- Askey, Arthur Bowden, 1900 - 1982 1
- Assembly Rooms (1810 - 1819) 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
- Barnes, Bill (William), 1920 - 2019 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
- Beverly Sisters (c1943 - 2009) 1
- Bingley Hall (1850 - 1984) 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
- Bruce, Thomas, 7th Earl of Elgin, 1766 - 1841 1
- Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 1
- Buller, Redvers Henry, General, Sir, 1839 - 1908 1
- Burnaby, Frederick Gustavus, Colonel, 1842 - 1885 1
- C. Doubtfire (Amusements) Limited (Active c1950 - 1999) 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
- 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 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
- Corrigan, Albert, c1920 - 2008 1
- Cottle, Gerry, 1945 - 2021 1
- Court, Alfred, 1883 - 1977 1
- Craston, Joe (Joseph), 1868 - 1948 1
- Cruikshank, George, 1792 - 1878 1
- Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) 1
- Denver, Hal, 1909 - 1994 1
- Doddles, c1877 - 1967 1
- Ducrow, Andrew (1793-1842) 1
- Duffy's Circus (Established c1800) 1
- Farrar's Fun Fairs (Established 1876) 1
- Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain (Established 1977) 1
- Ford, Clifton, 1931 - 2009 1
- Forde, Florrie, 1875 - 1940 1
- G.R. Tucker and Sons Funfairs (Established 1976) 1
- Gerry Cottle's Circus (1974 - 2003) 1
- Giffords Circus (Established 2000) 1
- Glasgow Empire Theatre (1897 - 1963) 1
- Gompertz. Moses (c1812 - 1893) 1
- Gordon, Charles George, General, 1833 - 1885 1
- Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (Established 1903) 1
- Grimaldi, Joseph, 1778 - 1837 1
- Hassan, Ali, Born c1876 1
- Hicks, William, Colonel, 1830 - 1883 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 + ∧ less
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