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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919 - 2017) 3

Argyle Theatre of Varieties (c1868 - 1945) 2

Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 2

Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 2

Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 2

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Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) 2

Buller, Redvers Henry, General, Sir, 1839 - 1908 2

Circus Krone (Established 1905) 2

Forde, Florrie, 1875 - 1940 2

Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 2

Karno, Fred, 1866 - 1941 2

King, Hetty, 1883 - 1972 2

Leno, Dan, 1860 - 1904 2

Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 2

Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts, 1832 - 1914 2

Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 2

Tilley, Vesta, 1864 - 1952 2

Toulmin, Vanessa, Professor, Born 1967 2

Victoria, Vesta, 1873 - 1951 2

Adelphi Theatre (Established 1806) 1

Assembly Rooms (1810 - 1819) 1

Austen Brothers Circus (Established 1974) 1

Barnes, Bill (William), 1920 - 2019 1

Barrett, Norman, Born 1935 1

Beverly Sisters (c1943 - 2009) 1

Big Daddy, 1930 - 1997 1

Blackpool Hippodrome (1895 - 2014) 1

Bobby Robert's Super Circus (1993 - 2011) 1

Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 1

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (Established 1920) 1

British Fairground Society (BFS) (Established c1950) 1

Bruce, Thomas, 7th Earl of Elgin, 1766 - 1841 1

Burnaby, Frederick Gustavus, Colonel, 1842 - 1885 1

Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 1

Chaplin, Charles, 1889 - 1977 1

Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 1

Circus Busch-Roland (c1884 - 2018) 1

Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) 1

Circus Medrano (Established 1875) 1

Circus Pinder (Established 1854) 1

Cirkus Merano (1975 - 2015) 1

Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Circus (Established c1957) 1

Cole Bros. Circus (c1884 - 1957) 1

Cooper, Millicent, c1900 - 1995 1

Critchlow, Cyril, 1923 - 2008 1

Cruikshank, George, 1792 - 1878 1

Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) 1

Deveen, D., c1900 - 1989 1

Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 1

Downie, Graham, Born 1941 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1

Drury Lane Theatre (Established c1660) 1

Duffy's Circus (Established c1800) 1

Duke of York Theatre (Established 1892) 1

Egyptian Hall (1812 - 1905) 1

Electric (Modern) Printing Company (c1930 - 1991) 1

Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 1

Friendship Circle of Showland Fans. (FCSF) (c1940 - 1969) 1

Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 1

Gitana, Gertie (1887 - 1957) 1

Gompertz. Moses (c1812 - 1893) 1

Gordon, Charles George, General, 1833 - 1885 1

Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (Established 1903) 1

Grimaldi, Joseph, 1778 - 1837 1

Hengler Grand Cirque (1844 - 1924) 1

Hicks, William, Colonel, 1830 - 1883 1

Hylton, Millie, 1870 - 1920 1

Jackson, Ben (Benjamin), Active 1903 - 1923 1

Jay, Peter, Born 1944 1

KaMpande, Cetshwayo, c1826 - 1884 1

Ling Soo, Chung, 1861 - 1918 1

Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1

Messrs. Hamilton (c1848 - 1923) 1

Mills, Cyril Bertram, 1902 - 1991 1

National Fairground and Circus Archive. NFCA (Established 1994) 1

Ohmy Circus (c1867 - 1920) 1

Olympia London (Established 1886) 1

Oxford Music Hall (1861 - 1926) 1

P.C. Sorcar, Junior, Born 1946 1

Pasha, Emin, 1840 - 1892 1

Paulo Circus (Established c1900 - 1910) 1

Pepper, John Henry, 1821 - 1990 1

Poole's Myrioramas (1837 - 1937) 1

Poole, Ada Violet, 1875 - 1954 1

Poole, Charles William, 1858 - 1918 1

Poole, Charles William, Jr., 1880 - [?] 1

Poole, Charles, 1821 - 1877 1

Poole, Elizabeth, 1856 - 1937 1

Poole, Florence Henrietta, 1873 - [?] 1

Poole, Fred (Frederick), 1867 - 1907 1

Poole, George Walter, 1828 - 1877 1

Poole, George, 1849 - 1929 1

Poole, Gordon, 1893 - 1970 1

Poole, Henry, 1850 - 1925 1

Poole, John Kenneth Stafford, 1911 - 1998 1

Poole, John Reginald, 1882 - 1950 1

Poole, Joseph Wolseley, 1878 - 1954 1

Poole, Joseph, 1847 - 1906 1

Poole, Lillian Maude, 1879 - 1946 1

Prince of Wales Theatre (Established 1884) (London) 1

Pryce, Elijah, 1847 - 1935 1

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