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Argyle Theatre Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0117
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a large number of posters as well as business records including records of artist bookings, accounts, scrapbooks, contracts and correspondence.

Dates: 1865 - 1941

Bill Barnes Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0172
Scope and Contents

Programmes, posters and photographs mainly related to the Poole family's travelling Myriorama show.

Dates: 1881 - 2017

Cyril Critchlow Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0089
Scope and Contents The Cyril Critchlow collection contains programmes, posters, handbills, books and magic journals, many of which relate to shows in Blackpool where Cyril resided and includes material on entertainment venues such as Blackpool’s North Pier, Central Pier, South Pier, Tower Circus and a small collection of programmes from other national venues. Additionally, it contains circus photographs and postcards mainly of the Ohmy Circus and Sanger Circus including individual circus troupes and performers...
Dates: c1837 - 2008

Decar and Tomato Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0094
Scope and Contents

This collection contains black and white photographs and postcards of several generations of the Decar family with a strong focus on John Decar and his act as Decar and Tomato. It also includes other circus performers as well as autograph books and a scrapbook.

Dates: 1902 - 1951

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Names
Argyle Theatre of Varieties (c1868 - 1945) 2
Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 2
Buller, Redvers Henry, General, Sir, 1839 - 1908 2
Forde, Florrie, 1875 - 1940 2
Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 2
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Karno, Fred, 1866 - 1941 2
King, Hetty, 1883 - 1972 2
Leno, Dan, 1860 - 1904 2
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919 - 2017) 2
Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts, 1832 - 1914 2
Tilley, Vesta, 1864 - 1952 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
Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 1
Beverly Sisters (c1943 - 2009) 1
Big Daddy, 1930 - 1997 1
Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 1
Blackpool Hippodrome (1895 - 2014) 1
Bobby Robert's Super Circus (1993 - 2011) 1
Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 1
Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) 1
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (Established 1920) 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 Krone (Established 1905) 1
Cirkus Merano (1975 - 2015) 1
Cooper, Millicent, c1900 - 1995 1
Critchlow, Cyril, 1923 - 2008 1
Cruikshank, George, 1792 - 1878 1
Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) 1
Decar and Tomato (1911 - 1949) 1
Decar, John, Active c1911 - 1949 1
Deveen, D., c1900 - 1989 1
Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 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
Evans, Frederick William, 1889 - 1951 1
Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 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
Jay, Peter, Born 1944 1
KaMpande, Cetshwayo, c1826 - 1884 1
Ling Soo, Chung, 1861 - 1918 1
Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1
Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1
Messrs. Hamilton (c1848 - 1923) 1
Mills, Cyril Bertram, 1902 - 1991 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
Putney Cinema (c1910 - 1976) 1
Raffles, Joan, 1925 - 2009 1
Raffles, Mark, Born 1922 1
Reeves, Billie (William), 1864 - 1943 1
Robert Brothers Circus (Established 1944) 1
Rosaire's Circus & Zoo (Established 1904) 1
Royal Alhambra Palace (1858 - 1936) (London) 1
Sanger, George, 1825 - 1911 1
Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 1
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