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Argyle Theatre of Varieties (c1868 - 1945) 2

Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 2

Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 2

Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 2

Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) 2

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Circus Krone (Established 1905) 2

Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 2

Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 2

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919 - 2017) 2

Sanger, George, 1825 - 1911 2

Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 2

Adelphi Theatre (Established 1806) 1

Angolpark (Established 1910) 1

Astley, Philip, 1742 - 1814 1

Austen Brothers Circus (Established 1974) 1

Barrett, Norman, Born 1935 1

Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980 1

Beverly Sisters (c1943 - 2009) 1

Big Daddy, 1930 - 1997 1

Blackpool Hippodrome (1895 - 2014) 1

Bobby Robert's Super Circus (1993 - 2011) 1

Booth, William, 1829 - 1912 (The General) 1

Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 1

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (Established 1920) 1

Buller, Redvers Henry, General, Sir, 1839 - 1908 1

Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 1

Chaplin, Charles, 1889 - 1977 1

Chapman, Ellen, 1831 - 1899 1

Chester Royalty Theatre (1882 - 1966) 1

Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 1

Circus Busch-Roland (c1884 - 2018) 1

Circus Medrano (Established 1875) 1

Circus Pinder (Established 1854) 1

Cirkus Merano (1975 - 2015) 1

Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Circus (Established c1957) 1

Cole Bros. Circus (c1884 - 1957) 1

Cooper, Millicent, c1900 - 1995 1

Critchlow, Cyril, 1923 - 2008 1

Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) 1

Deveen, D., c1900 - 1989 1

Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 1

Duffy's Circus (Established c1800) 1

Duke of York Theatre (Established 1892) 1

Egyptian Hall (1812 - 1905) 1

Electric (Modern) Printing Company (c1930 - 1991) 1

Empire Theatre (1914 - 1955) (Tonbridge) 1

Forde, Florrie, 1875 - 1940 1

Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 1

Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 1

Gitana, Gertie (1887 - 1957) 1

Glasgow Empire Theatre (1897 - 1963) 1

Grand Theatre (1898 - 1957) (Luton) 1

Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (Established 1903) 1

Grimaldi, Joseph, 1778 - 1837 1

Hall by the Sea (1870 - 1919) 1

Handby & Celeine (Active 1932 - 1939) 1

Heeley Green Theatre (1920 - 2004) 1

Hippodrome (1880 - 1956) (Keighley) 1

Hylton, Millie, 1870 - 1920 1

Jay, Peter, Born 1944 1

Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 1

Karno, Fred, 1866 - 1941 1

Kelvin Hall (Established 1918) 1

King, Hetty, 1883 - 1972 1

Leno, Dan, 1860 - 1904 1

Mills, Cyril Bertram, 1902 - 1991 1

Norman, Tom, 1860 - 1930 (The Silver King) 1

Ohmy Circus (c1867 - 1920) 1

Olympia London (Established 1886) 1

P.C. Sorcar, Junior, Born 1946 1

Palace Theatre (1898 - 1955) (Attercliffe) 1

Paulo Circus (Established c1900 - 1910) 1

Prince of Wales Theatre (Established 1884) (London) 1

Pugh, Digger, c1902 - 1985 1

Pugh, John Wallace, Born 1938 1

Raffles, Joan, 1925 - 2009 1

Raffles, Mark, Born 1922 1

Reeves, Billie (William), 1864 - 1943 1

Robert Brothers Circus (Established 1944) 1

Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts, 1832 - 1914 1

Rosaire's Circus & Zoo (Established 1904) 1

Sanger's Allied Circus (Established 1854) 1

Shettleston Public Hall (1925 - 2014) 1

Taylor's Printers, Wombwell, Yorks (Established c1890) 1

The Alhambra Theatre (Established 1914) (Bradford) 1

The Empire Theatre (Penge) (1913 - 1949) 1

The Great Ohmy, c1852 - 1931 1

The Hippodrome (1913 - 1960) (Aldershot) 1

The London Palladium (Established 1910) 1

The New Alhambra Theatre (Devonport) (1894 - 1941) 1

The Ohmy Sisters (c1910 - 1914) 1

The Palace Theatre (Established 1891) (London) 1

The Queen's Theatre (1934 - 1939) (Mansfield) 1

The Theatre Royal (Established 1805) (Bath) 1

The Theatre Royal (Stockport) (1869 - 1958) 1

The Theatre Royal (c1855 - 1957) (Bilston) 1

Theatre Royal (c1890 - 1955) (Castleford) 1

Tilley, Vesta, 1864 - 1952 1

Tivoli Theatre (1914 - 1955) (New Brighton) 1

Victoria, Vesta, 1873 - 1951 1

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