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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

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

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
Buller, Redvers Henry, General, Sir, 1839 - 1908 2
Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 2
Karno, Fred, 1866 - 1941 2
Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts, 1832 - 1914 2
Thurston, Charles, c1882 - 1928 2
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Tilley, Vesta, 1864 - 1952 2
Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 1
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
Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 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
Burnaby, Frederick Gustavus, Colonel, 1842 - 1885 1
Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 1
Cranes (Dereham) Ltd (1865 - 2005) 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
Fairweather, John, 1867 - 1942 (Architect) 1
Farrar's Fun Fairs (Established 1876) 1
Farrar, Enoch, c1860 - 1935 1
Forde, Florrie, 1875 - 1940 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
Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 1
Horne, Thomas, Reverend, c1850 - 1918 1
Hylton, Millie, 1870 - 1920 1
J. Whiting & Son Funfairs (Established c1899) 1
Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 1
KaMpande, Cetshwayo, c1826 - 1884 1
King, Hetty, 1883 - 1972 1
Leno, Dan, 1860 - 1904 1
Ling Soo, Chung, 1861 - 1918 1
Manders (Established 1850) 1
Mather & Platt (Established 1845) 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
Pat Collins Fun Fairs (Established 1899) 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
Royal Alhambra Palace (1858 - 1936) (London) 1
Savage Ltd (1850 -1973) 1
Savoy Cinema (1938 - 1959) 1
Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer (1793 - 1864) 1
Sickert, Walter, 1860 - 1942 1
Spooner, Charles, 1871 - 1939 1
Stanley, Henry Morton, Sir, 1841 - 1904 1
Stewart Family, Established 1914 (Fairground Showmen) 1
Testo Family, Established c1700 1
Testo, Felix, c1799 - 1879 1
Testo, Felix, junior, c1838 - 1910 1
Testo, William, 1840 - 1899 1
The Agricultural Hall (1862 - 1943) 1
The Bedford Music Hall (1861 - 1959) 1
The Kursaal (1894 - 2020) 1
The London Coliseum (1827 - 1875) 1
The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 1
Thornewill & Warham Ltd (1849 - 1929) 1
Toulmin, Vanessa, Professor, Born 1967 1
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