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Argyle Theatre Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0117
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a large number of posters as well as business records including records of artist bookings, accounts, scrapbooks, contracts and correspondence.

Dates: 1865 - 1941

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

Christopher Palmer Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0105
Scope and Contents

Circus programmes and VHS tapes from Billy Smart’s Circus and Chipperfields’s Circus collected during the 1970s and early 1980s by the TV producer, Christopher John Palmer. There are also a number of promotional photographs of artistes and other ephemera related to the circus.

Dates: 1973 - 1983

Digger Pugh Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0179
Scope and Contents

Archive of the Digger Pugh family including newspaper cuttings, photographs, negatives, business records, programmes, research material, posters and films.

Dates: c1930 - 2010

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Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 2
Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 2
Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) 2
Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 2
Chipperfield, Mary, 1938 - 2014 2
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Circus Krone (Established 1905) 2
Circus Pinder (Established 1854) 2
Rosaire's Circus & Zoo (Established 1904) 2
Althoff Circus (c1675 - 1999) 1
Anderson, Moira, Born 1938 1
Argyle Theatre of Varieties (c1868 - 1945) 1
Askey, Arthur Bowden, 1900 - 1982 1
Austen Brothers Circus (Established 1974) 1
Aznavour, Charles, 1924 - 2018 1
Barrett, Norman, Born 1935 1
Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 1
Beverly Sisters (c1943 - 2009) 1
Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Established 1896) 1
Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 1
Boone, Pat, Born 1934 1
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (Established 1920) 1
Buller, Redvers Henry, General, Sir, 1839 - 1908 1
C. Doubtfire (Amusements) Limited (Active c1950 - 1999) 1
Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 1
Chipperfield, Jimmy (James), 1912 - 1990 1
Circus Boltini (Established c1939) 1
Circus Busch (1903 - 1999) 1
Circus Knie (Established 1803) 1
Circus Medrano (Established 1875) 1
Circus Togni (Established c1880) 1
Cirkus Arnardo (Established 1949) 1
Cirkus Benneweis (1887 - 2015) 1
Cirkus Merano (1975 - 2015) 1
Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione (Established 1852) 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
Distel, Sacha, 1933 - 2004 1
Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 1
Essex, David, Born 1947 1
Farrar's Fun Fairs (Established 1876) 1
Ford, Clifton, 1931 - 2009 1
Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 1
Fossett, Jacko, 1922 - 2004 1
G.R. Tucker and Sons Funfairs (Established 1976) 1
Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 1
Gerry Cottle's Circus (1974 - 2003) 1
Gitana, Gertie (1887 - 1957) 1
Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (Established 1903) 1
Hamilton, David, Born 1938 1
Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 1
Hylton, Millie, 1870 - 1920 1
J.W. Shaw Amusements (Initiated c1860 - 1889) 1
Jamieson, David, 1949 - 2017 1
Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 1
Karno, Fred, 1866 - 1941 1
King, Steve, Born 1933 1
Knight, Gladys, Born 1944 1
Ling's Family Amusements (Initiated c1850 - 1859) 1
Lulu, Born 1948 1
Merchant, Billy (Little Billy), 1919 - 2001 1
Mills, Cyril Bertram, 1902 - 1991 1
North's Funfairs (Established 1861) 1
Palmer, Christopher, Born 1930 1
Popov, Oleg, 1930 - 2016 1
Pugh, Digger, c1902 - 1985 1
Pugh, John Wallace, Born 1938 1
Reeves, Billie (William), 1864 - 1943 1
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919 - 2017) 1
Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts, 1832 - 1914 1
Rogana, Born 1933 1
Ronnie, Smart, c1930 - 2020 1
Taylor's Printers, Wombwell, Yorks (Established c1890) 1
Taylor, Charles, Born c1940 1
Taylor, Heather, Born c1945 1
Thames Television (Established 1968) 1
The Nolan Sisters (Established 1980) 1
The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 1
Tilley, Vesta, 1864 - 1952 1
W. E. Berry Ltd (1888 - 2004) 1
Waddington's Funfairs (Initiated c1860 - 1899) 1
Weights Circus and Zoo (c1945 - 1999) 1
Yokoi, Lilly, Born 1929 1
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