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Christopher Palmer Collection
Circus programmes and VHS tapes from Billy Smart’s Circus and Chipperfields’s Circus collected during the 1970s and early 1980s by the TV producer, Christopher John Palmer. There are also a number of promotional photographs of artistes and other ephemera related to the circus.
Circus Friends Association Collection
This collection consists of a large library of books and journals, as well as archival material including posters, programmes, photographs, films, handbills, research material, scrapbooks, original artwork and many other items of ephemera relating to British, Irish and European circuses
Orton and Spooner Collection
This collection contains a large selection of archives from the Orton and Spooner Company. The collection comprises photographs and cabinet card images showing carved work, structural work and classic painted work, 4 boxes of notes, invoices and clippings, 8 drawers of plans and blueprints, 2 folders of ride specifications and order forms, accounts books and a library of source books showing turn of the century art used by the artists in the company.
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- Althoff Circus (c1675 - 1999) 2
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- Austen Brothers Circus (Established 1974) 2
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- Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 2
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- Chipperfield, Jimmy (James), 1912 - 1990 2
- Chipperfield, Mary, 1938 - 2014 2
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- Jamieson, David, 1949 - 2017 2
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- Popov, Oleg, 1930 - 2016 2
- Rogana, Born 1933 2
- Thames Television (Established 1968) 2
- W. E. Berry Ltd (1888 - 2004) 2
- Yokoi, Lilly, Born 1929 2
- Anderson, Moira, Born 1938 1
- Arnold, Tom, 1897 - 1969 1
- Aspland, George, 1836 - 1911 1
- Astley's Amphitheatre (1773 - 1891) 1
- Astley, Philip, 1742 - 1814 1
- Aznavour, Charles, 1924 - 2018 1
- Barbette, 1899 - 1973 1
- Barltrop, Chris, Born c1958 1
- Barnum & Bailey Circus (1881 - 1919) 1
- Barrett's Canadian Circus (1925 - 1956) 1
- Barrett, Norman, Born 1935 1
- Bartlett, John Norman, c1892 - 1972 1
- Battersea Park Amusement Park (1858 - 1972) 1
- Batty, William, 1801 - 1868 1
- Beatty, Clyde, 1903 - 1965 1
- Bingley Hall (1850 - 1984) 1
- Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Established 1896) 1
- Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 1
- Blondin, Charles, 1824 - 1897 1
- Boone, Pat, Born 1934 1
- Bostock, Frank C., 1866 - 1912 1
- Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) 1
- Braithwaite, David, 1932 - 1982 1
- Brick, Hans, 1889 - 1972 1
- Browns Foundry Co. (Established 1869) 1
- Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 1
- Carl Hagenbeck Circus (c1893 - 1907) 1
- Chapman Circus (1928 - 1940) 1
- Chapman, Ellen, 1831 - 1899 1
- Chessington World of Adventures (Established 1987) 1
- Circus Archaos (Established 1986) 1
- Circus Barum (1878 - 2008) 1
- Circus Boltini (Established c1939) 1
- Circus Busch-Roland (c1884 - 2018) 1
- Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) 1
- Circus Ginnett (Established c1800) 1
- Circus Medrano (Established 1875) 1
- Circus Pinder (Established 1854) 1
- Circus Roncalli (Established 1976) 1
- Circus Sarrasani (c1902 - 1977) 1
- Circus Togni (Established c1880) 1
- Circus of Horrors (Established 1995) 1
- Cirkus Arnardo (Established 1949) 1
- Cirkus Benneweis (1887 - 2015) 1
- Cirkus Merano (1975 - 2015) 1
- Cirque Jean Richard (c1957 - 1990) 1
- Cirque du Soleil (Established 1984) 1
- Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Circus (Established c1957) 1
- Cole Bros. Circus (c1884 - 1957) 1
- Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 1
- Court, Alfred, 1883 - 1977 1
- Cranes (Dereham) Ltd (1865 - 2005) 1
- Craston, Joe (Joseph), 1868 - 1948 1
- Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) 1
- Danter, Establish c1880 (Fairground Showmen) 1
- Darby, Herbert, Active c1880 - 1929 (Fairground Artist) 1
- David Smart's Super Circus (c1980 - 1983) 1
- Denver, Hal, 1909 - 1994 1
- Distel, Sacha, 1933 - 2004 1
- Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 1
- Doddles, c1877 - 1967 1
- Drury Lane Theatre (Established c1660) 1
- Ducrow, Andrew (1793-1842) 1
- Duffy's Circus (Established c1800) 1
- Essex, David, Born 1947 1
- Fairweather, John, 1867 - 1942 (Architect) 1
- Farrar's Fun Fairs (Established 1876) 1
- Farrar, Enoch, c1860 - 1935 1
- Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain (Established 1977) 1
- Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 1
- Fossett, Jacko, 1922 - 2004 1
- Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 1
- George Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd (1875 - 1977) 1
- Giffords Circus (Established 2000) 1 + ∧ less
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