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Bernard Fielding Collection
Fonds
Reference code: NFA0084
Scope and Contents
Photographs and scrapbooks compiled by Bernard Fielding. Each scrapbook contains a mixture of press cuttings including Fairground Mercury and World’s Fair, photographs, postcards, Paul Braithwaite history and patent material. Augmented by handwritten notes and research from other enthusiasts.
Dates:
c1990 - 1999
Found in:
National Fairground and Circus Archive
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
Found in:
National Fairground and Circus Archive
Jack Wilkinson Collection
Fonds
Reference code: NFA0168
Scope and Contents
Black and white and colour photographs and negatives of fairgrounds, fairground organs, steam engines and other transportation systems with annotations by Jack Wilkinson and other sources, such as William Keating, James Davidson, Philip Bradley and Jack Mellor, as well as notebooks, scrapbooks, journals, books, correspondence, research material, audio tapes of fairground organ music and some 3D items including Jack's recording equipment and a model of a fairground organ. Jack Wilkinson’s...
Dates:
c1900 - 1979
Found in:
National Fairground and Circus Archive
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
Found in:
National Fairground and Circus Archive