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Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 3

Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 3

Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 3

Circus Krone (Established 1905) 3

Electric (Modern) Printing Company (c1930 - 1991) 3

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Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 3

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

Rosaire's Circus & Zoo (Established 1904) 3

Argyle Theatre of Varieties (c1868 - 1945) 2

Austen Brothers Circus (Established 1974) 2

Barrett, Norman, Born 1935 2

Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 2

Beverly Sisters (c1943 - 2009) 2

Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 2

Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) 2

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

Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 2

Chipperfield, Mary, 1938 - 2014 2

Circus Pinder (Established 1854) 2

Cirkus Merano (1975 - 2015) 2

Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Circus (Established c1957) 2

Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 2

Forde, Florrie, 1875 - 1940 2

Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 2

Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 2

Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (Established 1903) 2

Karno, Fred, 1866 - 1941 2

King, Hetty, 1883 - 1972 2

Leno, Dan, 1860 - 1904 2

Ling Soo, Chung, 1861 - 1918 2

Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 2

Mills, Cyril Bertram, 1902 - 1991 2

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

Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 2

Taylor's Printers, Wombwell, Yorks (Established c1890) 2

The Agricultural Hall (1862 - 1943) 2

The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 2

Tilley, Vesta, 1864 - 1952 2

Toulmin, Vanessa, Professor, Born 1967 2

Victoria, Vesta, 1873 - 1951 2

W. E. Berry Ltd (1888 - 2004) 2

Adams, Albert Victor, 1890 - 1949 1

Adams, Lulu (Louise), c1900 - 1989 1

Adelphi Theatre (Established 1806) 1

Airey, Malcolm, c1938 -1998 1

Althoff Circus (c1675 - 1999) 1

Anderson, Moira, Born 1938 1

Askey, Arthur Bowden, 1900 - 1982 1

Assembly Rooms (1810 - 1819) 1

Aznavour, Charles, 1924 - 2018 1

Barnes, Bill (William), 1920 - 2019 1

Barnum, P. T., 1810 - 1891 1

Battersea Park Amusement Park (1858 - 1972) 1

Big Daddy, 1930 - 1997 1

Blackpool Hippodrome (1895 - 2014) 1

Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Established 1896) 1

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

Boone, Pat, Born 1934 1

Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 1

Bramwell Taylor, John, c1912 - 2003 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

C. Doubtfire (Amusements) Limited (Active c1950 - 1999) 1

Carnesky, Marisa, Born 1971 1

Cashmore, Martha, 1870 - 1957 1

Chang & Eng, 1811 - 1874 1

Chaplin, Charles, 1889 - 1977 1

Chester Royalty Theatre (1882 - 1966) 1

Chipperfield, Jimmy (James), 1912 - 1990 1

Circus Boltini (Established c1939) 1

Circus Busch (1903 - 1999) 1

Circus Busch-Roland (c1884 - 2018) 1

Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) 1

Circus Knie (Established 1803) 1

Circus Medrano (Established 1875) 1

Circus Togni (Established c1880) 1

Cirkus Arnardo (Established 1949) 1

Cirkus Benneweis (1887 - 2015) 1

Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione (Established 1852) 1

Cole Bros. Circus (c1884 - 1957) 1

Cooper, Millicent, c1900 - 1995 1

Corrigan, Albert, c1920 - 2008 1

Cottle, Gerry, 1945 - 2021 1

Craston, Joe (Joseph), 1868 - 1948 1

Craston, Joe (Joseph), c1900 - 1989 1

Craston, Victoria, c1902 - 1989 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

Denver, Hal, 1909 - 1994 1

Deveen, D., c1900 - 1989 1

Distel, Sacha, 1933 - 2004 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

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