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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

Ron Lee Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0128
Scope and Contents

This collection contains black and white and colour photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides and transport taken by Ron Lee and scrapbooks.

Dates: c1960 - 2000

Ron Newbold Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0051
Scope and Contents

Colour and black and white photographs consisting of traction engines, fairgrounds, ride and organs taken by Ron Newbold.

Dates: c1960 - 1979

Ron White Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0047
Scope and Contents

Photographs of fairgrounds around Scotland and the north west of England, mainly around Ayrshire from the 1960s onwards and scrapbooks compiled by Ron White containing advertisments for Scottish and north of England fairgrounds and Chipperfield Circus.

Dates: 1950 - 1995

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

Scrivens and Smith Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0013
Scope and Contents

Colour photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides and scenes and black and white photographs of Lang Wheels dodgem cars and two artist's impressions of Lang Wheels aerodrome. Also contains cassette recordings of showman John Ling's memories of travelling life.

Dates: c1950 - 1994

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

Shaun Martin Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0131
Scope and Contents

Digital, colour photographs of fairground rides, fairground art, fairground transport and Ken Fox’s wall of death archived by ride owner

Dates: 2001 - 2003

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

Smart Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0079
Scope and Contents

This collection contains posters, programmes, letters, film, business records and a large number of family and circus photographs. This unique family collection charts the history of the Smart family from their beginnings as fairground showmen to presenting one of the greatest British circuses.

Dates: c1890 - 2014

Stuart Johnstone Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0041
Scope and Contents

Photographs of rides, fairgrounds, traction engines and organs taken by a number of individuals as well as detailed notebooks. His notebooks are essentially digested versions of the World's Fair and include chronological guides to fairs, machines for sale, parks, engines and families.

Dates: 1920 - 1980

Ted Lightbown Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0088
Scope and Contents

Promotional photographs from Rhyl pleasure beach and a large number of plans for Rhyl and associated parks. This includes Battersea festival of Britain, the Battersea Amusement Park and client parks for whom Rhyl built water chute structures.

Dates: c1910 - 1999

Testo Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0032
Scope and Contents

This collection comprises photographs, business records, articles, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, advertising material, family research and items of personal archive related to the Testo family history in the fairground and circus

Dates: 1898 - 1999

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

Tim Holmes Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0126
Scope and Contents

Digital colour photographs of fairgrounds, transport and fairground rides taken at Nottingham Goose Fair, Hucknall Fair and Blackpool amongst other places.

Dates: 1979 - 1999

Tommy Green Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0001
Scope and Contents

This collection contains documents relating to fairgrounds collected by Tommy Green including photographs, paintings, manuscripts, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, cash books, programmes from Tydesley Wakes and plans of Bolton Fairs. Included in the collection are the Burrell photographs.

Dates: 1911 - 1968

Turner Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0030
Scope and Contents

This collection contains black and white photographs and negatives relating to the Turner family, mourning ribbons and a certificate of marriage

Dates: c1903 - 1956

Vic King Fairground Film Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0142
Scope and Contents

Amateur fairground and steam fair films, made by Vic King, Syd Taylor and Edward Albert (Ted) Dandridge around Oxfordshire, Somerset and surrounding areas. Also 1 empty can entitle Old Steamers by E. A. Dandridge.

Dates: 1950 - 1987

Violet Bartram Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0195
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs, negatives and postcards of fairgrounds, amusement parks, circus and performers, a newspaper cutting and a handbill.

Dates: c1902 - 1953

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The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 13
World's Fair Publications Limited (Established 1904) 10
Fairground Association of Great Britain. (FAGB) (Established 1977) 6
Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 5
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Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 4
Braithwaite, David, 1932 - 1982 4
Carters Steam Fair (1977 - 2022) 4
Toulmin, Vanessa, Professor, Born 1967 4
Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 3
British Fairground Society (BFS) (Established c1950) 3
Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 3
Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 3
Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 3
Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 3
George Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd (1875 - 1977) 3
Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 3
J.W. Shaw Amusements (Initiated c1860 - 1889) 3
Ling's Family Amusements (Initiated c1850 - 1859) 3
Pat Collins Fun Fairs (Established 1899) 3
Shufflebottom Family, c1870 - 1998 3
Waddington's Funfairs (Initiated c1860 - 1899) 3
Aspland, George, 1836 - 1911 2
Aspland-Howden (c1875 - 1915) 2
B. Cole & Sons (Amusements) Ltd (Established 1890) 2
Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 2
Bird, Margaret, c1900 - 1999 2
Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Established 1896) 2
Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 2
Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 2
Calladine, Neil, Born 1951 2
Charles Burrell & Sons Ltd (1770 - 1928) 2
Chipperfield, Mary, 1938 - 2014 2
Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) 2
Circus Pinder (Established 1854) 2
Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Circus (Established c1957) 2
Dave Homer Video (Established 1989) 2
David Smart's Super Circus (c1980 - 1983) 2
Denver, Hal, 1909 - 1994 2
Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 2
Downie, Graham, Born 1941 (Fairground Enthusiast) 2
Drury Lane Theatre (Established c1660) 2
Duffy's Circus (Established c1800) 2
Farrar's Fun Fairs (Established 1876) 2
Gale, John, Active 1920 - 1989 (Fairground Enthusiast) 2
Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 2
Hengler Grand Cirque (1844 - 1924) 2
Horne, Thomas, Reverend, c1850 - 1918 2
Jay Miller's Circus (Established 1986) 2
Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 2
Lee, Harry, 1913 - 1997 2
Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 2
Manders (Established 1850) 2
Mellor, Jack, c1894 - 1979 (Fairground Enthusiast) 2
Mellors Group Events (Established 1890) 2
Olympia London (Established 1886) 2
Orton, George, 1843 - 1924 2
Polyakov, Nikolai Petrovich, 1900 - 1974 (Coco the Clown) 2
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919 - 2017) 2
Rosaire's Circus & Zoo (Established 1904) 2
Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 2
Savage Ltd (1850 -1973) 2
Scott, Rowland, 1921 - 1998 (Fairground Enthusiast) 2
Scrivens, Kevin, Born c1960 2
Smart, Billy (William), 1894 - 1966 2
Spooner, Charles, 1871 - 1939 2
Spooner, Rod, 1927- 2011 (Fairground Enthusiast) 2
Steptoe, Brian, Born c1960 2
The Agricultural Hall (1862 - 1943) 2
Thurston, Charles, c1882 - 1928 2
Wallis' Amusements (Established 1883) 2
Whimsical Walker, 1851 - 1934 2
Wilkinson, Jack, 1904 - 1979 (Fairground Enthusiast) 2
William Foster & Co. Ltd (1846 - 1960) 2
Williams, Randall Kay, 1846 - 1898 2
Wilsons Group Services (Established c1860) 2
Acres, Birt, 1854 - 1918 1
Airey, Malcolm, c1938 -1998 1
Althoff Circus (c1675 - 1999) 1
Angel, Paul, c1930 - 2005 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Arnold, Tom, 1897 - 1969 1
Askey, Arthur Bowden, 1900 - 1982 1
Assembly Rooms (1810 - 1819) 1
Astley's Amphitheatre (1773 - 1891) 1
Astley, Philip, 1742 - 1814 1
Austen Brothers Circus (Established 1974) 1
Barbette, 1899 - 1973 1
Barltrop, Chris, Born c1958 1
Barnes, Bill (William), 1920 - 2019 1
Barnum & Bailey Circus (1881 - 1919) 1
Barnum, P. T., 1810 - 1891 1
Barrett's Canadian Circus (1925 - 1956) 1
Bartlett, John Norman, c1892 - 1972 1
Bassett, Jim (James), c1960 - 2013 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Bathe, Lionel, 1919 - 1995 (Fairground and Circus Enthusiast) 1
Battersea Park Amusement Park (1858 - 1972) 1
Batty, William, 1801 - 1868 1
Beatty, Clyde, 1903 - 1965 1
Beverly Sisters (c1943 - 2009) 1
Biddall, c1880 - 1914 1
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