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Names

The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 4

Toulmin, Vanessa, Professor, Born 1967 4

World's Fair Publications Limited (Established 1904) 4

Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 3

Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 3

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Shufflebottom Family, c1870 - 1998 3

Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 2

Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 2

Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 2

Bird, Margaret, c1900 - 1999 2

Braithwaite, David, 1932 - 1982 2

British Fairground Society (BFS) (Established c1950) 2

Buller, Redvers Henry, General, Sir, 1839 - 1908 2

Friendship Circle of Showland Fans. (FCSF) (c1940 - 1969) 2

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

Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 2

Horne, Thomas, Reverend, c1850 - 1918 2

Karno, Fred, 1866 - 1941 2

Manders (Established 1850) 2

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

Pat Collins Fun Fairs (Established 1899) 2

Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts, 1832 - 1914 2

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

The Agricultural Hall (1862 - 1943) 2

The Kursaal (1894 - 2020) 2

Thurston, Charles, c1882 - 1928 2

Tilley, Vesta, 1864 - 1952 2

Waddington's Funfairs (Initiated c1860 - 1899) 2

Williams, Randall Kay, 1846 - 1898 2

Acres, Birt, 1854 - 1918 1

Angolpark (Established 1910) 1

Argyle Theatre of Varieties (c1868 - 1945) 1

Aspland, George, 1836 - 1911 1

Assembly Rooms (1810 - 1819) 1

Barnes, Bill (William), 1920 - 2019 1

Barnum, P. T., 1810 - 1891 1

Bartlett, John Norman, c1892 - 1972 1

Battersea Park Amusement Park (1858 - 1972) 1

Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980 1

Biddall, c1880 - 1914 1

Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 1

Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 1

Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) 1

Bramwell Taylor, John, c1912 - 2003 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

Buttrick, Barbara, Born 1930 1

Calladine, Neil, Born 1951 1

Carmencita, c1868 - 1910 1

Chang & Eng, 1811 - 1874 1

Charles Burrell & Sons Ltd (1770 - 1928) 1

Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 1

Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) 1

Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Circus (Established c1957) 1

Codona (Established c1790) 1

Conway, Cedric, c1900 - 1970 (Fairground Enthusiast) 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

Denver, Hal, 1909 - 1994 1

Dever, Harold, c1900 - 1999 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1

Downie, Graham, Born 1941 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1

Drury Lane Theatre (Established c1660) 1

Duffy's Circus (Established c1800) 1

Edison, Thomas, 1847 - 1931 1

Enquirer Job Printing Co. (Founded c1880) 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

Fielding, Bernard, Active 1990 - 1999 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1

Fodens Ltd (1887 - 2006) 1

Forde, Florrie, 1875 - 1940 1

Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 1

Fowle, Fred, 1914 - 1983 1

Furness, Kid, 1880 - 1958 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

Grey, Alfred, 1904 - 1999 1

Haydon & Urry Ltd (c1890 - 1916) 1

Hengler Grand Cirque (1844 - 1924) 1

Hicks, William, Colonel, 1830 - 1883 1

Hives, Joe (Joseph), Active c1900 - 1979 1

Hylton, Millie, 1870 - 1920 1

J. & H. McLaren (1876 - 1959) 1

J. Whiting & Son Funfairs (Established c1899) 1

J.W. Shaw Amusements (Initiated c1860 - 1889) 1

Jackson, Percy (Percival), Active 1900 - 1970 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1

John Fowler & Co. (1863 - 1974) 1

Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 1

KaMpande, Cetshwayo, c1826 - 1884 1

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