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Argyle Theatre Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0117
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a large number of posters as well as business records including records of artist bookings, accounts, scrapbooks, contracts and correspondence.

Dates: 1865 - 1941

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

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

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

Orton and Spooner Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0070
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: c1870 - 1969

Ronald Allen Taylor Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0015
Scope and Contents

The collection contains photographs in twenty two albums taken by Taylor and other photographers, correspondence and a number of catalogues including his Dodgem research material.

Dates: c1900 - 1991

Rowland Scott Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0037
Scope and Contents

Photographs related to all aspects of British travelling fairgrounds including; rides, transport, living wagons, showpeople, fairground shows, circuses and organs by Rowland Scott and other authors, a selection of manuscripts by Rowland Scott and a small amount of correspondence.

Dates: c1899 - 1989

Testo Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0032
Scope and Contents

This collection comprises photographs, business records, articles, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, advertising material, family research and items of personal archive related to the Testo family history in the fairground and circus

Dates: 1898 - 1999

The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0054
Scope and Contents

The main extent of the collection contains yearbooks, meetings and minutes, correspondence and a record of day to day activities within The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain.

Dates: 1904 - 2023

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

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Names
Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 3
Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 2
Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 2
Buller, Redvers Henry, General, Sir, 1839 - 1908 2
Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 2
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Karno, Fred, 1866 - 1941 2
Manders (Established 1850) 2
Pat Collins Fun Fairs (Established 1899) 2
Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts, 1832 - 1914 2
The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 2
Thurston, Charles, c1882 - 1928 2
Tilley, Vesta, 1864 - 1952 2
World's Fair Publications Limited (Established 1904) 2
Argyle Theatre of Varieties (c1868 - 1945) 1
Aspland, George, 1836 - 1911 1
Assembly Rooms (1810 - 1819) 1
Barnes, Bill (William), 1920 - 2019 1
Bartlett, John Norman, c1892 - 1972 1
Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 1
Biddall, c1880 - 1914 1
Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 1
Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 1
Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 1
Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) 1
Braithwaite, David, 1932 - 1982 1
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (Established 1920) 1
Browns Foundry Co. (Established 1869) 1
Bruce, Thomas, 7th Earl of Elgin, 1766 - 1841 1
Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 1
Burnaby, Frederick Gustavus, Colonel, 1842 - 1885 1
Butlins (Established c1920) 1
Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 1
Codona (Established c1790) 1
Corrigan's Amusement Arcades (Established c1960 - 1969) 1
Cranes (Dereham) Ltd (1865 - 2005) 1
Crow Amusements (Established 1865) 1
Cruikshank, George, 1792 - 1878 1
Danter, Establish c1880 (Fairground Showmen) 1
Darby, Herbert, Active c1880 - 1929 (Fairground Artist) 1
Drury Lane Theatre (Established c1660) 1
Fairground Association of Great Britain. (FAGB) (Established 1977) 1
Fairweather, John, 1867 - 1942 (Architect) 1
Farrar's Fun Fairs (Established 1876) 1
Farrar, Enoch, c1860 - 1935 1
Forde, Florrie, 1875 - 1940 1
Friendship Circle of Showland Fans. (FCSF) (c1940 - 1969) 1
George Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd (1875 - 1977) 1
Gitana, Gertie (1887 - 1957) 1
Gompertz. Moses (c1812 - 1893) 1
Gordon, Charles George, General, 1833 - 1885 1
Hengler Grand Cirque (1844 - 1924) 1
Hicks, William, Colonel, 1830 - 1883 1
Horne, Thomas, Reverend, c1850 - 1918 1
Hylton, Millie, 1870 - 1920 1
J. Whiting & Son Funfairs (Established c1899) 1
J.W. Shaw Amusements (Initiated c1860 - 1889) 1
Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 1
KaMpande, Cetshwayo, c1826 - 1884 1
King, Hetty, 1883 - 1972 1
Lee, Harry, 1913 - 1997 1
Leno, Dan, 1860 - 1904 1
Ling Soo, Chung, 1861 - 1918 1
Ling's Family Amusements (Initiated c1850 - 1859) 1
Manning Carnival Fun Fairs (Established 1850) 1
Mather & Platt (Established 1845) 1
McIndoe, George Archiebald, Born c1961 1
Mellor, Jack, c1894 - 1979 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Mellors Group Events (Established 1890) 1
Messrs. Hamilton (c1848 - 1923) 1
Mills, Bertram, 1873 - 1938 1
Moss Gear Company Ltd (Established 1910) 1
Olympia London (Established 1886) 1
Orton, George, 1843 - 1924 1
Oxford Music Hall (1861 - 1926) 1
Pasha, Emin, 1840 - 1892 1
Pepper, John Henry, 1821 - 1990 1
Poole's Myrioramas (1837 - 1937) 1
Poole, Ada Violet, 1875 - 1954 1
Poole, Charles William, 1858 - 1918 1
Poole, Charles William, Jr., 1880 - [?] 1
Poole, Charles, 1821 - 1877 1
Poole, Elizabeth, 1856 - 1937 1
Poole, Florence Henrietta, 1873 - [?] 1
Poole, Fred (Frederick), 1867 - 1907 1
Poole, George Walter, 1828 - 1877 1
Poole, George, 1849 - 1929 1
Poole, Gordon, 1893 - 1970 1
Poole, Henry, 1850 - 1925 1
Poole, John Kenneth Stafford, 1911 - 1998 1
Poole, John Reginald, 1882 - 1950 1
Poole, Joseph Wolseley, 1878 - 1954 1
Poole, Joseph, 1847 - 1906 1
Poole, Lillian Maude, 1879 - 1946 1
Proctors Funfairs (Established c1870) 1
Pryce, Elijah, 1847 - 1935 1
Putney Cinema (c1910 - 1976) 1
Reeves, Billie (William), 1864 - 1943 1
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919 - 2017) 1
Robey & Co. Ltd (c1849 - 1988) 1
Roger Tuby & Son Funfairs (Established c1871) 1
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