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Names

The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 13

World's Fair Publications Limited (Established 1904) 9

Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 7

Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 7

Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 5

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Sanger, George, 1825 - 1911 5

Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 4

Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 4

Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 4

Circus Krone (Established 1905) 4

Fairground Association of Great Britain. (FAGB) (Established 1977) 4

Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 4

Friendship Circle of Showland Fans. (FCSF) (c1940 - 1969) 4

Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 4

Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 4

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919 - 2017) 4

Rosaire's Circus & Zoo (Established 1904) 4

Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 4

Toulmin, Vanessa, Professor, Born 1967 4

Austen Brothers Circus (Established 1974) 3

Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 3

British Fairground Society (BFS) (Established c1950) 3

Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 3

Chapman, Ellen, 1831 - 1899 3

Chipperfield, Mary, 1938 - 2014 3

Circus Pinder (Established 1854) 3

Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Circus (Established c1957) 3

Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 3

Cottle, Gerry, 1945 - 2021 3

Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 3

Duffy's Circus (Established c1800) 3

Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 3

Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (Established 1903) 3

Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 3

Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 3

Ling's Family Amusements (Initiated c1850 - 1859) 3

Mills, Cyril Bertram, 1902 - 1991 3

Olympia London (Established 1886) 3

Paulo Circus (Established c1900 - 1910) 3

The Kursaal (1894 - 2020) 3

W. E. Berry Ltd (1888 - 2004) 3

Wilsons Group Services (Established c1860) 3

Althoff Circus (c1675 - 1999) 2

Astley, Philip, 1742 - 1814 2

B. Cole & Sons (Amusements) Ltd (Established 1890) 2

Barrett, Norman, Born 1935 2

Beverly Sisters (c1943 - 2009) 2

Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Established 1896) 2

Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 2

Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) 2

Braithwaite, David, 1932 - 1982 2

Calladine, Neil, Born 1951 2

Carters Steam Fair (1977 - 2022) 2

Chipperfield, Jimmy (James), 1912 - 1990 2

Circus Busch (1903 - 1999) 2

Circus Busch-Roland (c1884 - 2018) 2

Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) 2

Circus Knie (Established 1803) 2

Circus Medrano (Established 1875) 2

Cirkus Merano (1975 - 2015) 2

Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione (Established 1852) 2

Cole Bros. Circus (c1884 - 1957) 2

Craston, Joe (Joseph), 1868 - 1948 2

Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) 2

David Smart's Super Circus (c1980 - 1983) 2

Denver, Hal, 1909 - 1994 2

Downie, Graham, Born 1941 (Fairground Enthusiast) 2

Drury Lane Theatre (Established c1660) 2

Electric (Modern) Printing Company (c1930 - 1991) 2

Farrar's Fun Fairs (Established 1876) 2

Forde, Florrie, 1875 - 1940 2

Gale, John, Active 1920 - 1989 (Fairground Enthusiast) 2

George Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd (1875 - 1977) 2

Gerry Cottle's Circus (1974 - 2003) 2

Grimaldi, Joseph, 1778 - 1837 2

Hall by the Sea (1870 - 1919) 2

Hengler Grand Cirque (1844 - 1924) 2

Horne, Thomas, Reverend, c1850 - 1918 2

J.W. Shaw Amusements (Initiated c1860 - 1889) 2

Jamieson, David, 1949 - 2017 2

Jay Miller's Circus (Established 1986) 2

Jay, Peter, Born 1944 2

King, Hetty, 1883 - 1972 2

Lee, Harry, 1913 - 1997 2

Leno, Dan, 1860 - 1904 2

Manders (Established 1850) 2

Mellor, Jack, c1894 - 1979 (Fairground Enthusiast) 2

Mellors Group Events (Established 1890) 2

Merchant, Billy (Little Billy), 1919 - 2001 2

National Fairground and Circus Archive. NFCA (Established 1994) 2

Norman, Tom, 1860 - 1930 (The Silver King) 2

Ohmy Circus (c1867 - 1920) 2

Orton, George, 1843 - 1924 2

Pat Collins Fun Fairs (Established 1899) 2

Popov, Oleg, 1930 - 2016 2

Robert Brothers Circus (Established 1944) 2

Rogana, Born 1933 2

Sanger's Allied Circus (Established 1854) 2

Savage Ltd (1850 -1973) 2

Scott, Rowland, 1921 - 1998 (Fairground Enthusiast) 2

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