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World's Fair Publications Limited (Established 1904) 8

The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 7

Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 5

Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 4

Braithwaite, David, 1932 - 1982 4

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Carters Steam Fair (1977 - 2022) 4

Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 3

Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 3

Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 3

Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 3

Fairground Association of Great Britain. (FAGB) (Established 1977) 3

Friendship Circle of Showland Fans. (FCSF) (c1940 - 1969) 3

George Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd (1875 - 1977) 3

Pat Collins Fun Fairs (Established 1899) 3

Astley, Philip, 1742 - 1814 2

Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 2

Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 2

British Fairground Society (BFS) (Established c1950) 2

Calladine, Neil, Born 1951 2

Chapman, Ellen, 1831 - 1899 2

Charles Burrell & Sons Ltd (1770 - 1928) 2

David Smart's Super Circus (c1980 - 1983) 2

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

Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 2

Horne, Thomas, Reverend, c1850 - 1918 2

Jay Miller's Circus (Established 1986) 2

Knight, Laura, Dame, 1877 - 1970 2

Ling's Family Amusements (Initiated c1850 - 1859) 2

Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 2

Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 2

Manders (Established 1850) 2

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

Mellors Group Events (Established 1890) 2

Olympia London (Established 1886) 2

Orton, George, 1843 - 1924 2

Polyakov, Nikolai Petrovich, 1900 - 1974 (Coco the Clown) 2

Sanger's Allied Circus (Established 1854) 2

Sanger, George, 1825 - 1911 2

Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 2

Savage Ltd (1850 -1973) 2

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

Smart, Billy (William), 1894 - 1966 2

Spooner, Charles, 1871 - 1939 2

Spooner, Rod, 1927- 2011 (Fairground Enthusiast) 2

Thurston, Charles, c1882 - 1928 2

Wallis' Amusements (Established 1883) 2

Whimsical Walker, 1851 - 1934 2

Wilkinson, Jack, 1904 - 1979 (Fairground Enthusiast) 2

William Foster & Co. Ltd (1846 - 1960) 2

Wilsons Group Services (Established c1860) 2

Althoff Circus (c1675 - 1999) 1

Arnold, Tom, 1897 - 1969 1

Aspland, George, 1836 - 1911 1

Aspland-Howden (c1875 - 1915) 1

Astley's Amphitheatre (1773 - 1891) 1

Austen Brothers Circus (Established 1974) 1

B. Cole & Sons (Amusements) Ltd (Established 1890) 1

Barbette, 1899 - 1973 1

Barltrop, Chris, Born c1958 1

Barnum & Bailey Circus (1881 - 1919) 1

Barrett's Canadian Circus (1925 - 1956) 1

Bartlett, John Norman, c1892 - 1972 1

Bassett, Jim (James), c1960 - 2013 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1

Bathe, Lionel, 1919 - 1995 (Fairground and Circus Enthusiast) 1

Battersea Park Amusement Park (1858 - 1972) 1

Batty, William, 1801 - 1868 1

Beatty, Clyde, 1903 - 1965 1

Biddall, c1880 - 1914 1

Bingley Hall (1850 - 1984) 1

Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Established 1896) 1

Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 1

Blondin, Charles, 1824 - 1897 1

Bob Wilson's Funfairs (Established 1971) 1

Bolesworth, George, 1921 - 1987 1

Booth, William, 1829 - 1912 (The General) 1

Bostock, Frank C., 1866 - 1912 1

Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) 1

Bradley, Philip W, Active 1920 - 1999 1

Braithwaite, Joanna, Born c1960 1

Braithwaite, Paul, Born 1953 1

Brick, Hans, 1889 - 1972 1

British Amusement Catering Trade Association (BACTA) (Established 1974) 1

Browns Foundry Co. (Established 1869) 1

Butlins (Established c1920) 1

Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 1

Carl Hagenbeck Circus (c1893 - 1907) 1

Cawthorne, Ian, Born c1956 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1

Chapman Circus (1928 - 1940) 1

Chessington World of Adventures (Established 1987) 1

Cheverill, David, c1921 - 2009 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1

Chipperfield, Jimmy (James), 1912 - 1990 1

Chipperfield, Mary, 1938 - 2014 1

Circus Archaos (Established 1986) 1

Circus Barum (1878 - 2008) 1

Circus Busch (1903 - 1999) 1

Circus Busch-Roland (c1884 - 2018) 1

Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) 1

Circus Ginnett (Established c1800) 1

Circus Knie (Established 1803) 1

Circus Krone (Established 1905) 1

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