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Amy Goodwin Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0193
Scope and Contents

Film about Amy and her work made by NFCA staff and examples of sign painting done for the Orton and Spooner exhibition in 2022.

Dates: 2021

Anderton and Rowland Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0009
Scope and Contents

This collection contains copies of original photographs and photocopies of newspaper cuttings relating to the Anderton and Rowland families and their business on the fairground.

Dates: c1894 - 1962

Arthur Jones Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0049
Scope and Contents

The photograph library of the Friendship Circle of Showland Fans (FCFS). This collection includes material relating to famous fairs, engines and rides. As well as containing a full bound set of 'Merry-Go-Round' journals and numerous books, letters and other journals. The collection includes various catalogues and notebooks documenting the use of traction engines on the fairground.

Dates: c1900 - 1979

Bill Weeks Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0002
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs of fairgrounds and steam engines, journal articles, newspaper cuttings, correspondence and books on railways, engineering, fairgrounds and other related topics.

Dates: c1920 - 2000

Billy Coats Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0104
Scope and Contents

This Collection contains Black and white photographs of fairground rides and people associated to the rides around Stirling.

Dates: c1900 - 1959

Bob Chase Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0169
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs of fairground people by Bob Chase, produced for his final university year project, also includes contact prints, negatives and notes.

Dates: 1977 - 1978

Celine Williams Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0008
Scope and Contents

A collection of 5 black and white photographs, four relate to the Silcock Brothers' dodgems and arcades in the 1950s, and one to Whites' stall.

Dates: c1950 - 1959

Charles Taylor Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0069
Scope and Contents

The Charles Taylor collection is a fine example of Taylor’s of Wombwell printers’ posters, which highlight changes in printing techniques, fashion and taste within the popular entertainment industry. Included are examples of posters for pantomimes, fairs and circuses. The collection also contains handbills and other advertising material.

Dates: c1937 - 1989

Chris Russell Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0112
Scope and Contents

This collection contains five boxes of original photographic material including negatives and slides, a small amount of fairground journals, newspaper cuttings, correspondence, six audio tapes and a small amount of posters and handbills all related to the fairground and steam rally events.

Dates: 1971 - 2013

David Braithwaite Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0053
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs taken by David Braithwaite from the 1950s and used towards his publications alongside older images collected from other sources as well as business records, monographs, articles, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, advertising material, bibliographies, catalogues, programmes, films and some other miscellaneous items.

Dates: c1880 - 1989

Dick Price Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0031
Scope and Contents This collection contains black and white and colour prints and negatives of lorries, rides, shows and personalities at various fairs, mainly Cheshire, Merseyside and Wales fairs taken and collected by Dick Price. Also VHS videos consisting of an eclectic range of fairground and transport themed visual material from a variety of steam rallies and fairs up and down the country, from Folkestone to Ross-on-Wye. The majority feature archive footage filmed in the 1990s by Dave Homer, a renowned...
Dates: 1906 - 1999

Dick Scott-Stewart Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0072
Scope and Contents

Slide transparencies created for the 'Fairground Snaps' book and later projects. The material in this archive is all of Scott-Stewart's work relating to fairs and circuses, particularly from an artistic and social angle. This collection covers all the field work completed by the artist in preparing his book, as well as trips following the publication.

Dates: 1970 - 1990

George Bolesworth Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0111
Scope and Contents

Reels of 8mm and Super8 amateur, silent and colour film, shot by Mr George Bolesworth at various locations in England and Spain. All the themes are around, fairs and family activities such as holidays as well as other type of popular entertainments.

Dates: c1950 - 1989

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

George Tucker Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0020
Scope and Contents

This collection comprises fairground photographs and 3 members' cards, two from Yorkshire Stall Holders Association and one from the Yorkshire section of the Showmen's Guild

Dates: c1912 - 1969

Graham Downie Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0006
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs of ex-service showmen taking part in the 1994 Remembrance Day Parade, trade literature, calendars, posters, a monograph from the Alcester & District Local History Society and Charlie Merrin's paperwork for the 1989 centenary fair in Hyde Park.

Dates: c1960 - 1996

Harry Lee Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0076
Scope and Contents

Photographs, posters and other documents relating to Waddington family Steam Yacht.

Dates: c1900 - 1989

Harry Poole Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0039
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs of rides, engines, shows and acts as well as scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings from 'The World's Fair' including British Fairground Society Notes, 1949-1963 and scrapbooks relating to fairs, particularly in the Lancashire area.

Dates: c1900 - 1969

Harry Russell Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0082
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs of Oxfordshire Fairs, Showmen and preservation societies.

Dates: c1970 - 1999

Hull Fair Project Collection

 Collection
Reference code: NFA0071
Scope and Contents

Research material used for the Hull Fair Project exhibition and DVD including audio visual material, digitised images, oral history and transcripts.

Dates: c1800 - 2005

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Names
The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 12
World's Fair Publications Limited (Established 1904) 6
Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 4
Friendship Circle of Showland Fans. (FCSF) (c1940 - 1969) 4
British Fairground Society (BFS) (Established c1950) 3
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Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 3
Fairground Association of Great Britain. (FAGB) (Established 1977) 3
Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 3
Ling's Family Amusements (Initiated c1850 - 1859) 3
Toulmin, Vanessa, Professor, Born 1967 3
Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 2
Braithwaite, David, 1932 - 1982 2
Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 2
Calladine, Neil, Born 1951 2
Carters Steam Fair (1977 - 2022) 2
Downie, Graham, Born 1941 (Fairground Enthusiast) 2
Farrar's Fun Fairs (Established 1876) 2
Gale, John, Active 1920 - 1989 (Fairground Enthusiast) 2
George Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd (1875 - 1977) 2
Horne, Thomas, Reverend, c1850 - 1918 2
J.W. Shaw Amusements (Initiated c1860 - 1889) 2
Lee, Harry, 1913 - 1997 2
Manders (Established 1850) 2
Mellor, Jack, c1894 - 1979 (Fairground Enthusiast) 2
Mellors Group Events (Established 1890) 2
National Fairground and Circus Archive. NFCA (Established 1994) 2
Orton, George, 1843 - 1924 2
Pat Collins Fun Fairs (Established 1899) 2
Savage Ltd (1850 -1973) 2
Scott, Rowland, 1921 - 1998 (Fairground Enthusiast) 2
Shufflebottom Family, c1870 - 1998 2
Spooner, Charles, 1871 - 1939 2
Thurston, Charles, c1882 - 1928 2
Waddington's Funfairs (Initiated c1860 - 1899) 2
Wallis' Amusements (Established 1883) 2
Askey, Arthur Bowden, 1900 - 1982 1
Aspland, George, 1836 - 1911 1
Aspland-Howden (c1875 - 1915) 1
B. Cole & Sons (Amusements) Ltd (Established 1890) 1
Bartlett, John Norman, c1892 - 1972 1
Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 1
Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 1
Beverly Sisters (c1943 - 2009) 1
Biddall, c1880 - 1914 1
Bird, Margaret, c1900 - 1999 1
Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Established 1896) 1
Bob Wilson's Funfairs (Established 1971) 1
Bolesworth, George, 1921 - 1987 1
Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 1
Bradley, Philip W, Active 1920 - 1999 1
Braithwaite, Joanna, Born c1960 1
Braithwaite, Paul, Born 1953 1
British Amusement Catering Trade Association (BACTA) (Established 1974) 1
Browns Foundry Co. (Established 1869) 1
Burridge, Martin, Born 1952 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Butlins (Established c1920) 1
C. Doubtfire (Amusements) Limited (Active c1950 - 1999) 1
Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 1
Chase, Bob, Born 1957 1
Chipperfield, Mary, 1938 - 2014 1
Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) 1
Circus Pinder (Established 1854) 1
Coats, Billy (William), c1938 - 2013 (Fairground Showman and Enthusiast) 1
Codona (Established c1790) 1
Corrigan's Amusement Arcades (Established c1960 - 1969) 1
Corrigan, Albert, c1920 - 2008 1
Cranes (Dereham) Ltd (1865 - 2005) 1
Crow Amusements (Established 1865) 1
Danter, Establish c1880 (Fairground Showmen) 1
Darby, Herbert, Active c1880 - 1929 (Fairground Artist) 1
Dave Homer Video (Established 1989) 1
David Rowland & Sons (Established c1970 - 1979) 1
De-Vey Family (Established c1867) 1
Dobson Family, Established c1900 - 1910 1
Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 1
Fairground Heritage Trust. Dingles (Established 1986) 1
Fairweather, John, 1867 - 1942 (Architect) 1
Farrar, Enoch, c1860 - 1935 1
Ford, Clifton, 1931 - 2009 1
Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 1
Fowle, Fred, 1914 - 1983 1
G.R. Tucker and Sons Funfairs (Established 1976) 1
Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 1
Goodwin, Amy, Born c1987 1
Groupe Gaston Reverchon International Design (1929 - 2008) 1
Haslam, Albert, 1851 - [?] 1
Hatwells Fun Fair (Established 1840) 1
Hives, Joe (Joseph), Active c1900 - 1979 1
J. Whiting & Son Funfairs (Established c1899) 1
Jackson, Percy (Percival), Active 1900 - 1970 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
James Noyce & Sons Funfair (Established c1800) 1
Jay Miller's Circus (Established 1986) 1
Johnstone, Stuart, Active 1920 - 1980 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 1
Jones, Arthur, Active c1890 -1979 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Kinder, Ron, Active c1960 - 1989 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
King, Steve, Born 1933 1
Lang Wheels (c1900 - 1969) 1
Lee, Ron, Born c1942 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Leeson, Jack, 1917 - 1995 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
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