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Names

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

Friendship Circle of Showland Fans. (FCSF) (c1940 - 1969) 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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