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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

Charles Taylor Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0069
Scope and Contents

The Charles Taylor collection is a fine example of Taylor’s of Wombwell printers’ posters, which highlight changes in printing techniques, fashion and taste within the popular entertainment industry. Included are examples of posters for pantomimes, fairs and circuses. The collection also contains handbills and other advertising material.

Dates: c1937 - 1989

Christopher Palmer Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0105
Scope and Contents

Circus programmes and VHS tapes from Billy Smart’s Circus and Chipperfields’s Circus collected during the 1970s and early 1980s by the TV producer, Christopher John Palmer. There are also a number of promotional photographs of artistes and other ephemera related to the circus.

Dates: 1973 - 1983

Handby Celeine Collection

 Collection
Reference code: NFA0107
Scope and Contents

Posters, photographs, programmes, 1 piece of sheet music for six instruments and a small amount of business records and correspondence relating to the dancing and burlesque comedy on skates.

Dates: c1920 - 1945; 2020

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Names
Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 2
Chipperfield, Mary, 1938 - 2014 2
Althoff Circus (c1675 - 1999) 1
Anderson, Moira, Born 1938 1
Argyle Theatre of Varieties (c1868 - 1945) 1
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Askey, Arthur Bowden, 1900 - 1982 1
Austen Brothers Circus (Established 1974) 1
Aznavour, Charles, 1924 - 2018 1
Barrett, Norman, Born 1935 1
Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 1
Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 1
Beverly Sisters (c1943 - 2009) 1
Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 1
Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Established 1896) 1
Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 1
Boone, Pat, Born 1934 1
Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) 1
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (Established 1920) 1
Buller, Redvers Henry, General, Sir, 1839 - 1908 1
C. Doubtfire (Amusements) Limited (Active c1950 - 1999) 1
Chester Royalty Theatre (1882 - 1966) 1
Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 1
Chipperfield, Jimmy (James), 1912 - 1990 1
Circus Boltini (Established c1939) 1
Circus Busch (1903 - 1999) 1
Circus Knie (Established 1803) 1
Circus Krone (Established 1905) 1
Circus Pinder (Established 1854) 1
Circus Togni (Established c1880) 1
Cirkus Arnardo (Established 1949) 1
Cirkus Benneweis (1887 - 2015) 1
Cirkus Merano (1975 - 2015) 1
Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione (Established 1852) 1
Corrigan, Albert, c1920 - 2008 1
Cottle, Gerry, 1945 - 2021 1
Distel, Sacha, 1933 - 2004 1
Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 1
Empire Theatre (1914 - 1955) (Tonbridge) 1
Essex, David, Born 1947 1
Farrar's Fun Fairs (Established 1876) 1
Ford, Clifton, 1931 - 2009 1
Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 1
Fossett, Jacko, 1922 - 2004 1
G.R. Tucker and Sons Funfairs (Established 1976) 1
Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 1
Gerry Cottle's Circus (1974 - 2003) 1
Gitana, Gertie (1887 - 1957) 1
Glasgow Empire Theatre (1897 - 1963) 1
Grand Theatre (1898 - 1957) (Luton) 1
Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (Established 1903) 1
Hamilton, David, Born 1938 1
Handby & Celeine (Active 1932 - 1939) 1
Heeley Green Theatre (1920 - 2004) 1
Hippodrome (1880 - 1956) (Keighley) 1
Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 1
Hylton, Millie, 1870 - 1920 1
J.W. Shaw Amusements (Initiated c1860 - 1889) 1
Jamieson, David, 1949 - 2017 1
Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 1
Karno, Fred, 1866 - 1941 1
King, Steve, Born 1933 1
Knight, Gladys, Born 1944 1
Ling's Family Amusements (Initiated c1850 - 1859) 1
Lulu, Born 1948 1
Merchant, Billy (Little Billy), 1919 - 2001 1
Mills, Cyril Bertram, 1902 - 1991 1
North's Funfairs (Established 1861) 1
Palace Theatre (1898 - 1955) (Attercliffe) 1
Palmer, Christopher, Born 1930 1
Popov, Oleg, 1930 - 2016 1
Reeves, Billie (William), 1864 - 1943 1
Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts, 1832 - 1914 1
Rogana, Born 1933 1
Ronnie, Smart, c1930 - 2020 1
Rosaire's Circus & Zoo (Established 1904) 1
Shettleston Public Hall (1925 - 2014) 1
Taylor's Printers, Wombwell, Yorks (Established c1890) 1
Taylor, Charles, Born c1940 1
Taylor, Heather, Born c1945 1
Thames Television (Established 1968) 1
The Empire Theatre (Penge) (1913 - 1949) 1
The Hippodrome (1913 - 1960) (Aldershot) 1
The New Alhambra Theatre (Devonport) (1894 - 1941) 1
The Nolan Sisters (Established 1980) 1
The Queen's Theatre (1934 - 1939) (Mansfield) 1
The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 1
The Theatre Royal (Established 1805) (Bath) 1
The Theatre Royal (Stockport) (1869 - 1958) 1
The Theatre Royal (c1855 - 1957) (Bilston) 1
Theatre Royal (c1890 - 1955) (Castleford) 1
Tilley, Vesta, 1864 - 1952 1
Tivoli Theatre (1914 - 1955) (New Brighton) 1
W. E. Berry Ltd (1888 - 2004) 1
Waddington's Funfairs (Initiated c1860 - 1899) 1
Weights Circus and Zoo (c1945 - 1999) 1
Yokoi, Lilly, Born 1929 1
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