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Albert Swift Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0010
Scope and Contents

Five colour aerial photographs taken by Albert Swift of freehold lands now owned by Yorkshire showmen: 1. Branton 2. Stainforth 3. Northallerton 4. Chapeltown 5. South Elmsall Also a copy of a black and white photograph of the Dewsbury Feast from the early 1900s.

Dates: c1900 - 1920; c1990 - 1999

Anderton and Rowland Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0009
Scope and Contents

This collection contains copies of original photographs and photocopies of newspaper cuttings relating to the Anderton and Rowland families and their business on the fairground.

Dates: c1894 - 1962

Barbara Buttrick Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0083
Scope and Contents

The collection contains photographs, handbills and programmes relating to Barbara Buttrick’s boxing career and some material she collected related to boxing.

Dates: c1900 - 2001

Billy Wood Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0102
Scope and Contents

Collection of material related to Billy Wood travelling boxing booth, containing business records, photographs, correspondence, programmes, posters and other items of ephemera.

Dates: c1900 - 1979

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

George McIndoe Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0181
Scope and Contents

Photographs, slides, newspaper cuttings related to the Biddall family and photographs of Kirkaldy Fair created for a documentary on Scottish fairs.

Dates: c1880 - 1969; 18 May 1981

George Tucker Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0020
Scope and Contents

This collection comprises fairground photographs and 3 members' cards, two from Yorkshire Stall Holders Association and one from the Yorkshire section of the Showmen's Guild

Dates: c1912 - 1969

Glen Miller Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0091
Scope and Contents

Layout plans and documentation for the administration of the Newcastle Hoppings Fair.

Dates: 1939; c1989 - 1995; 20 - 29 June 2003

Graham Downie Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0006
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs of ex-service showmen taking part in the 1994 Remembrance Day Parade, trade literature, calendars, posters, a monograph from the Alcester & District Local History Society and Charlie Merrin's paperwork for the 1989 centenary fair in Hyde Park.

Dates: c1960 - 1996

Harry Lee Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0076
Scope and Contents

Photographs, posters and other documents relating to Waddington family Steam Yacht.

Dates: c1900 - 1989

Ilkeston Fair Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0067
Scope and Contents

This collection contains documents relating to Ilkeston Charter Fair.

Dates: 1936 - 1998

Mazelly-Miller Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0191
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs and some documents belonging to the Mazelly and Miller fairground families including documents related to WWI and a ditty box.

Dates: c1870 - 1999

Monte-Williams Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0161
Scope and Contents

Research material by Pauline Tindale and a small amount of original archive related to Randall Williams and his descendants, including birth, death and marriage certificates and photographs.

Dates: 1797 - 1998; 2018 - 2021

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

Norman Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0087
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs, business papers, newspaper cuttings typed pages and notes (probably for an autobiography) with some correspondence about a proposed book. There are also some costumes and props.

Dates: c1930 - 1969

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

Ron Kinder Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0052
Scope and Contents

Slides and photographs of Ron's travels to various preservation events and a few pictures from local Derbyshire fairs, articles, correspondence and Nottingham and Hull fair plans.

Dates: 1960 - 2002

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

Selina Dobson Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: On loan
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs, Showmen's Guild membership cards and newspaper cuttings relating to the Dobson family, as well as World War One and World War Two photographs, correspondence, medals and certificates.

Dates: c1900 - 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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The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 8
Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 2
Braithwaite, David, 1932 - 1982 2
British Fairground Society (BFS) (Established c1950) 2
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Downie, Graham, Born 1941 (Fairground Enthusiast) 2
Friendship Circle of Showland Fans. (FCSF) (c1940 - 1969) 2
George Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd (1875 - 1977) 2
Orton, George, 1843 - 1924 2
Savage Ltd (1850 -1973) 2
Spooner, Charles, 1871 - 1939 2
Thurston, Charles, c1882 - 1928 2
Aspland, George, 1836 - 1911 1
Bartlett, John Norman, c1892 - 1972 1
Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 1
Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 1
Biddall, c1880 - 1914 1
Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 1
Bird, Margaret, c1900 - 1999 1
Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 1
Braithwaite, Joanna, Born c1960 1
British Amusement Catering Trade Association (BACTA) (Established 1974) 1
Browns Foundry Co. (Established 1869) 1
Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 1
Buttrick, Barbara, Born 1930 1
Charles Burrell & Sons Ltd (1770 - 1928) 1
Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 1
Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) 1
Cranes (Dereham) Ltd (1865 - 2005) 1
Danter, Establish c1880 (Fairground Showmen) 1
Darby, Herbert, Active c1880 - 1929 (Fairground Artist) 1
David Smart's Super Circus (c1980 - 1983) 1
De-Vey Family (Established c1867) 1
Denver, Hal, 1909 - 1994 1
Dobson Family, Established c1900 - 1910 1
Duffy's Circus (Established c1800) 1
Erewash Borough Council (Established 1974) 1
Fairground Association of Great Britain. (FAGB) (Established 1977) 1
Fairweather, John, 1867 - 1942 (Architect) 1
Farrar's Fun Fairs (Established 1876) 1
Farrar, Enoch, c1860 - 1935 1
Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 1
Fowle, Fred, 1914 - 1983 1
Gale, John, Active 1920 - 1989 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Green, Tommy, Active c1962 - 2012 1
Groupe Gaston Reverchon International Design (1929 - 2008) 1
Haslam, Albert, 1851 - [?] 1
Haydon & Urry Ltd (c1890 - 1916) 1
Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 1
Horne, Thomas, Reverend, c1850 - 1918 1
J. Whiting & Son Funfairs (Established c1899) 1
Kinder, Ron, Active c1960 - 1989 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Lang Wheels (c1900 - 1969) 1
Lee, Harry, 1913 - 1997 1
Leisure Parcs Ltd (1995 - 2016) 1
Lightbown, Ted, 1943 - 2022 1
Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1
Lusse Brothers Inc (1922 - 1994) 1
Manders (Established 1850) 1
Mather & Platt (Established 1845) 1
Mazelly-Miller Family (Established c1842) 1
McIndoe, George Archiebald, Born c1961 1
Miller, Glen, Active 1930 - 2000 (Fairground Showman) 1
Miller, Richard, 1895 - 1914 1
Mills, Bertram, 1873 - 1938 1
Monte, Richard, 1877 - 1953 1
Moss Gear Company Ltd (Established 1910) 1
National Fairground and Circus Archive. NFCA (Established 1994) 1
Norman, Tom, 1860 - 1930 (The Silver King) 1
Olympia London (Established 1886) 1
Pat Collins Fun Fairs (Established 1899) 1
Proctors Funfairs (Established c1870) 1
Robey & Co. Ltd (c1849 - 1988) 1
S.D.C. (c1960 - 1993) (Amusement Rides Manufacturers) 1
Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 1
Savage, Frederick, 1828 - 1897 1
Shufflebottom Family, c1870 - 1998 1
Shufflebottom, Florence, 1931 - 2013 1
Shufflebottom, Rosina, 1872 - 1937 1
Shufflebottom, William, c1850 - 1916 1
Smart, Billy (William), 1894 - 1966 1
Smart, Billy, Jnr (William), 1934 - 2005 1
Smart, David, 1929 - 2007 1
Stewart Family, Established 1914 (Fairground Showmen) 1
Supercar Company Ltd (Established 1934) 1
Swift, Albert, Active c1900 -1950 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Taylor, Ron, c1919 - 2004 1
Taylor, Ronald Allen, 1925 - 1994 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Testo Family, Established c1700 1
Testo, Felix, c1799 - 1879 1
Testo, Felix, junior, c1838 - 1910 1
Testo, William, 1840 - 1899 1
The Kursaal (1894 - 2020) 1
Thornewill & Warham Ltd (1849 - 1929) 1
Toulmin, Vanessa, Professor, Born 1967 1
Traver Engineering Company (1906 - 1933) 1
Tucker, George, c1908 - 1999 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Wallis & Steevens Ltd (1856 - 1981) 1
Whimsical Walker, 1851 - 1934 1
Williams, Randall Kay, 1846 - 1898 1
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