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Billy Bellhouse Collection
Fonds
Reference code: NFA0038
Scope and Contents
Photographs, handbills, newspaper reports and financial records relating to Billy Bellhouse and his life as a wall of death rider as well as other performers.
Dates:
1914 - 1960; 2016
Found in:
National Fairground and Circus Archive
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
Found in:
National Fairground and Circus Archive
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
Found in:
National Fairground and Circus Archive