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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

John Bramwell Taylor Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0086
Scope and Contents The collection consists of handbills, programmes and small flyers for shows, fairs, expositions and circus performances in the nineteenth century. The circus material in the Bramwell Taylor Collection was sponsored by the Circus Friends Association of Great Britain and consists of material relating to 19th century touring circuses, individual acts and purpose built hippodromes such as Hengler’s Circus and Astley’s Amphitheatre. Additionally this collection also contains a small amount of...
Dates: c1786 - 2003

National Fairground and Circus Archive Collection

 Collection
Reference code: NFA0092
Scope and Contents

Contains thousands of posters, programmes, photographs, handbills, original documents, specialist journals, newspapers and a library containing publications on all the areas of collecting

Dates: c1700 - 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

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

Shufflebottom Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0014
Scope and Contents The main part of the collection consists of material relating to the Shufflebottom family and receipts and posters advertising their latest attractions. The second half of the collection relates to the Waddington family and Margaret Shufflebottom's later marriage to Arthur Bird.The Shufflebottom collection consists of photographs, diaries, albums, account books and assorted ephemera associated with the family's history on the fair. The photographic material dates from 1890 to the...
Dates: c1890 - 1989

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Names
Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 1
Askey, Arthur Bowden, 1900 - 1982 1
Astley's Amphitheatre (1773 - 1891) 1
Barnum & Bailey Circus (1881 - 1919) 1
Battersea Park Amusement Park (1858 - 1972) 1
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Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 1
Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 1
Beverly Sisters (c1943 - 2009) 1
Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 2
Bird, Margaret, c1900 - 1999 1
Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Established 1896) 1
Braithwaite, David, 1932 - 1982 1
Braithwaite, Joanna, Born c1960 1
Bramwell Taylor, John, c1912 - 2003 1
British Amusement Catering Trade Association (BACTA) (Established 1974) 1
British Fairground Society (BFS) (Established c1950) 2
Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 3
Butlins (Established c1920) 1
C. Doubtfire (Amusements) Limited (Active c1950 - 1999) 1
Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 1
Chang & Eng, 1811 - 1874 1
Chipperfield, Mary, 1938 - 2014 1
Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) 1
Circus Pinder (Established 1854) 1
Codona (Established c1790) 1
Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 1
Corrigan's Amusement Arcades (Established c1960 - 1969) 1
Corrigan, Albert, c1920 - 2008 1
Crow Amusements (Established 1865) 1
Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) 1
Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 1
Downie, Graham, Born 1941 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Drury Lane Theatre (Established c1660) 1
Egyptian Hall (1812 - 1905) 1
Fairground Association of Great Britain. (FAGB) (Established 1977) 1
Farrar's Fun Fairs (Established 1876) 1
Ford, Clifton, 1931 - 2009 1
Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 1
Friendship Circle of Showland Fans. (FCSF) (c1940 - 1969) 2
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
Hengler Grand Cirque (1844 - 1924) 1
Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 2
J.W. Shaw Amusements (Initiated c1860 - 1889) 2
Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 1
King, Steve, Born 1933 1
Lang Wheels (c1900 - 1969) 1
Lee, Harry, 1913 - 1997 1
Ling's Family Amusements (Initiated c1850 - 1859) 2
Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1
Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1
Lusse Brothers Inc (1922 - 1994) 1
Manders (Established 1850) 1
Manning Carnival Fun Fairs (Established 1850) 1
Mellor, Jack, c1894 - 1979 (Fairground Enthusiast) 2
Mellors Group Events (Established 1890) 1
National Fairground and Circus Archive. NFCA (Established 1994) 1
North's Funfairs (Established 1861) 1
Olympia London (Established 1886) 1
Orton, George, 1843 - 1924 1
Pat Collins Fun Fairs (Established 1899) 1
Pepper, John Henry, 1821 - 1990 1
Piccadilly Hall (Established c1611 - 1612) 1
Roger Tuby & Son Funfairs (Established c1871) 1
Rosaire's Circus & Zoo (Established 1904) 1
S.D.C. (c1960 - 1993) (Amusement Rides Manufacturers) 1
Sandow, Eugene, 1867 - 1925 1
Sanger's Allied Circus (Established 1854) 1
Sanger, George, 1825 - 1911 1
Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 2
Savage Ltd (1850 -1973) 1
Savage, Frederick, 1828 - 1897 1
Scott, Rowland, 1921 - 1998 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Shufflebottom Family, c1870 - 1998 2
Shufflebottom, Florence, 1931 - 2013 1
Shufflebottom, Rosina, 1872 - 1937 1
Shufflebottom, William, c1850 - 1916 1
Silcocks Fun Fairs (Established c1870 - 1879) 1
Smart, Kay, c1930 - 2016 1
Spooner, Charles, 1871 - 1939 1
Spooner, Rod, 1927- 2011 (Fairground Enthusiast) 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
Taylor, Ronald Allen, 1925 - 1994 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
The Agricultural Hall (1862 - 1943) 1
The Nolan Sisters (Established 1980) 1
The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 3
Thomas Whitelegg & Sons Ltd (Established c1880 - 1899) 1
Thumb, Tom, 1838 - 1883 1
Toulmin, Vanessa, Professor, Born 1967 1
W. Marshall Amusements (Established c1986) 1
Waddington's Funfairs (Initiated c1860 - 1899) 2
Wallis & Steevens Ltd (1856 - 1981) 1
Wallis' Amusements (Established 1883) 1
Weights Circus and Zoo (c1945 - 1999) 1
Williams, Randall Kay, 1846 - 1898 1
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