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Jack Wilkinson Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0168
Scope and Contents Black and white and colour photographs and negatives of fairgrounds, fairground organs, steam engines and other transportation systems with annotations by Jack Wilkinson and other sources, such as William Keating, James Davidson, Philip Bradley and Jack Mellor, as well as notebooks, scrapbooks, journals, books, correspondence, research material, audio tapes of fairground organ music and some 3D items including Jack's recording equipment and a model of a fairground organ. Jack Wilkinson’s...
Dates: c1900 - 1979

Joe Stumcke Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0162
Scope and Contents

This collection contains scrapbooks, programmes, photographs of performers at the Kursaal, Bertram Mills Circus and sideshows as well as some business records related to the Stumcke family and their work at the Kursaal and Bertram Mills Circus.

Dates: 1829 - 1974

Ronald Allen Taylor Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0015
Scope and Contents

The collection contains photographs in twenty two albums taken by Taylor and other photographers, correspondence and a number of catalogues including his Dodgem research material.

Dates: c1900 - 1991

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

Sanger Circus Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0154
Scope and Contents

Black and white and some colour photographs, negatives, handbills, programmes and other items of ephemera relating George Sanger's circus and the Hall by the Sea.

Dates: c1850 - 1945

Sanger Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0166
Scope and Contents

This collection contains black and white photographs of George Sanger's Circus, photocopies of newspaper cuttings related to the Sanger Family and original drawings for costume designs by June Dick.

Dates: c1900 - 2018

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Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 2
Chapman, Ellen, 1831 - 1899 2
Hall by the Sea (1870 - 1919) 2
Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 2
Sanger, George, 1825 - 1911 2
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Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 1
Astley, Philip, 1742 - 1814 1
Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 1
Booth, William, 1829 - 1912 (The General) 1
Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 1
Butlins (Established c1920) 1
Codona (Established c1790) 1
Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 1
Corrigan's Amusement Arcades (Established c1960 - 1969) 1
Crow Amusements (Established 1865) 1
Dick, June, Born 1928 1
Dreamland (Established 1919) 1
Fairground Association of Great Britain. (FAGB) (Established 1977) 1
Friendship Circle of Showland Fans. (FCSF) (c1940 - 1969) 1
Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 1
J.W. Shaw Amusements (Initiated c1860 - 1889) 1
Lee, Harry, 1913 - 1997 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
Mellor, Jack, c1894 - 1979 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Mellors Group Events (Established 1890) 1
Mills, Cyril Bertram, 1902 - 1991 1
Norman, Tom, 1860 - 1930 (The Silver King) 1
Pat Collins Fun Fairs (Established 1899) 1
Roger Tuby & Son Funfairs (Established c1871) 1
S.D.C. (c1960 - 1993) (Amusement Rides Manufacturers) 1
Sanger's Allied Circus (Established 1854) 1
Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 1
Scott, Rowland, 1921 - 1998 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Shufflebottom Family, c1870 - 1998 1
Silcocks Fun Fairs (Established c1870 - 1879) 1
Stumcke, Joe (Joseph), 1926 - 2017 1
Taylor, Ronald Allen, 1925 - 1994 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
The Kursaal (1894 - 2020) 1
Thomas Whitelegg & Sons Ltd (Established c1880 - 1899) 1
W. Marshall Amusements (Established c1986) 1
Waddington's Funfairs (Initiated c1860 - 1899) 1
Wallis' Amusements (Established 1883) 1
Wilkinson, Jack, 1904 - 1979 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Williams, Randall Kay, 1846 - 1898 1
World's Fair Publications Limited (Established 1904) 1
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