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Arthur Jones Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0049
Scope and Contents

The photograph library of the Friendship Circle of Showland Fans (FCFS). This collection includes material relating to famous fairs, engines and rides. As well as containing a full bound set of 'Merry-Go-Round' journals and numerous books, letters and other journals. The collection includes various catalogues and notebooks documenting the use of traction engines on the fairground.

Dates: c1900 - 1979

Bill Weeks Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0002
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs of fairgrounds and steam engines, journal articles, newspaper cuttings, correspondence and books on railways, engineering, fairgrounds and other related topics.

Dates: c1920 - 2000

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

Orton and Spooner Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0070
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a large selection of archives from the Orton and Spooner Company. The collection comprises photographs and cabinet card images showing carved work, structural work and classic painted work, 4 boxes of notes, invoices and clippings, 8 drawers of plans and blueprints, 2 folders of ride specifications and order forms, accounts books and a library of source books showing turn of the century art used by the artists in the company.

Dates: c1870 - 1969

The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0054
Scope and Contents

The main extent of the collection contains yearbooks, meetings and minutes, correspondence and a record of day to day activities within The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain.

Dates: 1904 - 2023

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Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 1
Aspland, George, 1836 - 1911 1
Astley's Amphitheatre (1773 - 1891) 1
Barnum & Bailey Circus (1881 - 1919) 1
Bartlett, John Norman, c1892 - 1972 1
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Battersea Park Amusement Park (1858 - 1972) 1
Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 2
Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 1
Bostock, E. H. (Edward Henry), 1858 - 1940 1
Bradley, Philip W, Active 1920 - 1999 1
Braithwaite, David, 1932 - 1982 1
Bramwell Taylor, John, c1912 - 2003 1
Browns Foundry Co. (Established 1869) 1
Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 1
Chang & Eng, 1811 - 1874 1
Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 2
Cranes (Dereham) Ltd (1865 - 2005) 1
Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) 1
Danter, Establish c1880 (Fairground Showmen) 1
Darby, Herbert, Active c1880 - 1929 (Fairground Artist) 1
Drury Lane Theatre (Established c1660) 1
Egyptian Hall (1812 - 1905) 1
Fairweather, John, 1867 - 1942 (Architect) 1
Farrar's Fun Fairs (Established 1876) 1
Farrar, Enoch, c1860 - 1935 1
Friendship Circle of Showland Fans. (FCSF) (c1940 - 1969) 2
George Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd (1875 - 1977) 1
Hengler Grand Cirque (1844 - 1924) 1
Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 1
Horne, Thomas, Reverend, c1850 - 1918 1
J. Whiting & Son Funfairs (Established c1899) 1
James Noyce & Sons Funfair (Established c1800) 1
Jones, Arthur, Active c1890 -1979 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1
Manders (Established 1850) 1
Mather & Platt (Established 1845) 1
Mellors Group Events (Established 1890) 1
Mills, Bertram, 1873 - 1938 1
Moss Gear Company Ltd (Established 1910) 1
Norman, Tom, 1860 - 1930 (The Silver King) 1
Olympia London (Established 1886) 2
Orton, George, 1843 - 1924 1
Pat Collins Fun Fairs (Established 1899) 1
Pepper, John Henry, 1821 - 1990 1
Piccadilly Hall (Established c1611 - 1612) 1
Proctors Funfairs (Established c1870) 2
Robey & Co. Ltd (c1849 - 1988) 1
Sandow, Eugene, 1867 - 1925 1
Sanger's Allied Circus (Established 1854) 1
Sanger, George, 1825 - 1911 1
Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 1
Savage Ltd (1850 -1973) 1
Spooner, Charles, 1871 - 1939 1
Stewart Family, Established 1914 (Fairground Showmen) 1
The Agricultural Hall (1862 - 1943) 1
The Kursaal (1894 - 2020) 1
The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 2
Thornewill & Warham Ltd (1849 - 1929) 1
Thumb, Tom, 1838 - 1883 1
Thurston, Charles, c1882 - 1928 2
Traver Engineering Company (1906 - 1933) 1
Weeks, Bill (William), 1928 - 2016 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Whimsical Walker, 1851 - 1934 1
William Foster & Co. Ltd (1846 - 1960) 1
World's Fair Publications Limited (Established 1904) 1
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