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George McIndoe Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0181
Scope and Contents

Photographs, slides, newspaper cuttings related to the Biddall family and photographs of Kirkaldy Fair created for a documentary on Scottish fairs.

Dates: c1880 - 1969; 18 May 1981

Harry Paulo Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0144
Scope and Contents

This collection contains black and white photographs, postcards and negatives, newspaper cuttings, scrapbooks, posters, programmes, books and other miscellaneous items related to the Paulo Circus family. Other circuses and performers are also represented.

Dates: 1921 - 2000

Ronald Allen Taylor Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0015
Scope and Contents

The collection contains photographs in twenty two albums taken by Taylor and other photographers, correspondence and a number of catalogues including his Dodgem research material.

Dates: c1900 - 1991

Rowland Scott Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0037
Scope and Contents

Photographs related to all aspects of British travelling fairgrounds including; rides, transport, living wagons, showpeople, fairground shows, circuses and organs by Rowland Scott and other authors, a selection of manuscripts by Rowland Scott and a small amount of correspondence.

Dates: c1899 - 1989

Sanger Circus Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0154
Scope and Contents

Black and white and some colour photographs, negatives, handbills, programmes and other items of ephemera relating George Sanger's circus and the Hall by the Sea.

Dates: c1850 - 1945

Sanger Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0166
Scope and Contents

This collection contains black and white photographs of George Sanger's Circus, photocopies of newspaper cuttings related to the Sanger Family and original drawings for costume designs by June Dick.

Dates: c1900 - 2018

World's Fair Newspaper Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0085
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the complete run of The World's Fair Newspaper from 1904 to the present day. Including microfilmed copies from 1904 to 1950.

Dates: 1904 - 2020

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Chapman, Ellen, 1831 - 1899 2
Hall by the Sea (1870 - 1919) 2
Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 2
Sanger, George, 1825 - 1911 2
Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 1
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Astley, Philip, 1742 - 1814 1
Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 1
Biddall, c1880 - 1914 1
Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 1
Booth, William, 1829 - 1912 (The General) 1
Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 1
Butcher, Caroline, [?] 1
Butcher, Henry, c1840 - [?] 1
Butlins (Established c1920) 1
Codona (Established c1790) 1
Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 1
Corrigan's Amusement Arcades (Established c1960 - 1969) 1
Crow Amusements (Established 1865) 1
Dick, June, Born 1928 1
Dreamland (Established 1919) 1
Fairground Association of Great Britain. (FAGB) (Established 1977) 1
Friendship Circle of Showland Fans. (FCSF) (c1940 - 1969) 1
Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 1
J.W. Shaw Amusements (Initiated c1860 - 1889) 1
Lee, Harry, 1913 - 1997 1
Ling's Family Amusements (Initiated c1850 - 1859) 1
Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1
Manders (Established 1850) 1
Manning Carnival Fun Fairs (Established 1850) 1
McIndoe, George Archiebald, Born c1961 1
Mellor, Jack, c1894 - 1979 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Mellors Group Events (Established 1890) 1
Norman, Tom, 1860 - 1930 (The Silver King) 1
Pat Collins Fun Fairs (Established 1899) 1
Paulo Circus (Established c1900 - 1910) 1
Paulo, Frank Frisco, c1879 - 1929 1
Paulo, Harry, 1916 - 1966 1
Paulo, Thomas, [?] 1
Roger Tuby & Son Funfairs (Established c1871) 1
S.D.C. (c1960 - 1993) (Amusement Rides Manufacturers) 1
Sanger's Allied Circus (Established 1854) 1
Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 1
Scott, Rowland, 1921 - 1998 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Shufflebottom Family, c1870 - 1998 1
Silcocks Fun Fairs (Established c1870 - 1879) 1
Taylor, Ronald Allen, 1925 - 1994 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 1
Thomas Whitelegg & Sons Ltd (Established c1880 - 1899) 1
W. Marshall Amusements (Established c1986) 1
Waddington's Funfairs (Initiated c1860 - 1899) 1
Wallis' Amusements (Established 1883) 1
Williams, Randall Kay, 1846 - 1898 1
World's Fair Publications Limited (Established 1904) 1
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