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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

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

Circus Friends Association Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0122
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1795 - 2020

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

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

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Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 3
Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 3
Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 3
Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 3
Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 3
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Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 3
Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 3
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919 - 2017) 3
Sanger, George, 1825 - 1911 3
Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 3
Astley, Philip, 1742 - 1814 2
Austen Brothers Circus (Established 1974) 2
Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 2
Beverly Sisters (c1943 - 2009) 2
Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 2
Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Established 1896) 2
Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 2
Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 2
Chapman, Ellen, 1831 - 1899 2
Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 2
Chipperfield, Mary, 1938 - 2014 2
Circus Busch-Roland (c1884 - 2018) 2
Circus Krone (Established 1905) 2
Circus Pinder (Established 1854) 2
Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) 2
Drury Lane Theatre (Established c1660) 2
Duffy's Circus (Established c1800) 2
Forde, Florrie, 1875 - 1940 2
Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (Established 1903) 2
Grimaldi, Joseph, 1778 - 1837 2
Hengler Grand Cirque (1844 - 1924) 2
Jay, Peter, Born 1944 2
King, Hetty, 1883 - 1972 2
Leno, Dan, 1860 - 1904 2
Ohmy Circus (c1867 - 1920) 2
Olympia London (Established 1886) 2
Paulo Circus (Established c1900 - 1910) 2
Robert Brothers Circus (Established 1944) 2
Rosaire's Circus & Zoo (Established 1904) 2
Sanger's Allied Circus (Established 1854) 2
Taylor's Printers, Wombwell, Yorks (Established c1890) 2
The Agricultural Hall (1862 - 1943) 2
The Great Ohmy, c1852 - 1931 2
The London Palladium (Established 1910) 2
Victoria, Vesta, 1873 - 1951 2
W. E. Berry Ltd (1888 - 2004) 2
Wilsons Group Services (Established c1860) 2
World's Fair Publications Limited (Established 1904) 2
Adelphi Theatre (Established 1806) 1
Althoff Circus (c1675 - 1999) 1
Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 1
Argyle Theatre of Varieties (c1868 - 1945) 1
Arnold, Tom, 1897 - 1969 1
Askey, Arthur Bowden, 1900 - 1982 1
Assembly Rooms (1810 - 1819) 1
Astley's Amphitheatre (1773 - 1891) 1
Barbette, 1899 - 1973 1
Barltrop, Chris, Born c1958 1
Barnes, Bill (William), 1920 - 2019 1
Barnum & Bailey Circus (1881 - 1919) 1
Barrett's Canadian Circus (1925 - 1956) 1
Barrett, Norman, Born 1935 1
Battersea Park Amusement Park (1858 - 1972) 1
Batty, William, 1801 - 1868 1
Beatty, Clyde, 1903 - 1965 1
Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 1
Big Daddy, 1930 - 1997 1
Bingley Hall (1850 - 1984) 1
Blackpool Hippodrome (1895 - 2014) 1
Blondin, Charles, 1824 - 1897 1
Bobby Robert's Super Circus (1993 - 2011) 1
Booth, William, 1829 - 1912 (The General) 1
Bostock, Frank C., 1866 - 1912 1
Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) 1
Brick, Hans, 1889 - 1972 1
Bruce, Thomas, 7th Earl of Elgin, 1766 - 1841 1
Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 1
Buller, Redvers Henry, General, Sir, 1839 - 1908 1
Burnaby, Frederick Gustavus, Colonel, 1842 - 1885 1
C. Doubtfire (Amusements) Limited (Active c1950 - 1999) 1
Carl Hagenbeck Circus (c1893 - 1907) 1
Chaplin, Charles, 1889 - 1977 1
Chapman Circus (1928 - 1940) 1
Chessington World of Adventures (Established 1987) 1
Chipperfield, Jimmy (James), 1912 - 1990 1
Circus Archaos (Established 1986) 1
Circus Barum (1878 - 2008) 1
Circus Busch (1903 - 1999) 1
Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) 1
Circus Ginnett (Established c1800) 1
Circus Knie (Established 1803) 1
Circus Medrano (Established 1875) 1
Circus Roncalli (Established 1976) 1
Circus Sarrasani (c1902 - 1977) 1
Circus of Horrors (Established 1995) 1
Cirkus Merano (1975 - 2015) 1
Cirque Jean Richard (c1957 - 1990) 1
Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione (Established 1852) 1
Cirque du Soleil (Established 1984) 1
Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Circus (Established c1957) 1
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