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Billy Bellhouse Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0038
Scope and Contents

Photographs, handbills, newspaper reports and financial records relating to Billy Bellhouse and his life as a wall of death rider as well as other performers.

Dates: 1914 - 1960; 2016

Cyril Critchlow Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0089
Scope and Contents The Cyril Critchlow collection contains programmes, posters, handbills, books and magic journals, many of which relate to shows in Blackpool where Cyril resided and includes material on entertainment venues such as Blackpool’s North Pier, Central Pier, South Pier, Tower Circus and a small collection of programmes from other national venues. Additionally, it contains circus photographs and postcards mainly of the Ohmy Circus and Sanger Circus including individual circus troupes and performers...
Dates: c1837 - 2008

Decar and Tomato Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0094
Scope and Contents

This collection contains black and white photographs and postcards of several generations of the Decar family with a strong focus on John Decar and his act as Decar and Tomato. It also includes other circus performers as well as autograph books and a scrapbook.

Dates: 1902 - 1951

George Bolesworth Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0111
Scope and Contents

Reels of 8mm and Super8 amateur, silent and colour film, shot by Mr George Bolesworth at various locations in England and Spain. All the themes are around, fairs and family activities such as holidays as well as other type of popular entertainments.

Dates: c1950 - 1989

Harder Jonsson Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0043
Scope and Contents

Photographs related to Harder Jonsson and his work at circuses such as the Riskett, Chipperfields and Jeserich Circus as an animal trainer, also some family photographs.

Dates: 1920 - 1955

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Adelphi Theatre (Established 1806) 1
Angolpark (Established 1910) 1
Argyle Theatre of Varieties (c1868 - 1945) 1
Austen Brothers Circus (Established 1974) 1
Barrett, Norman, Born 1935 1
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Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980 1
Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 1
Beverly Sisters (c1943 - 2009) 1
Big Daddy, 1930 - 1997 1
Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 1
Blackpool Hippodrome (1895 - 2014) 1
Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 1
Bobby Robert's Super Circus (1993 - 2011) 1
Bolesworth, George, 1921 - 1987 1
Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 1
Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 1
Chaplin, Charles, 1889 - 1977 1
Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 1
Circus Busch-Roland (c1884 - 2018) 1
Circus Krone (Established 1905) 1
Cirkus Merano (1975 - 2015) 1
Cooper, Millicent, c1900 - 1995 1
Critchlow, Cyril, 1923 - 2008 1
Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) 1
Decar and Tomato (1911 - 1949) 1
Decar, John, Active c1911 - 1949 1
Deveen, D., c1900 - 1989 1
Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 1
Duffy's Circus (Established c1800) 1
Duke of York Theatre (Established 1892) 1
Egyptian Hall (1812 - 1905) 1
Electric (Modern) Printing Company (c1930 - 1991) 1
Evans, Frederick William, 1889 - 1951 1
Fisher, Hal, 1909 - 2002 1
Forde, Florrie, 1875 - 1940 1
Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 1
Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 1
Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (Established 1903) 1
Grimaldi, Joseph, 1778 - 1837 1
Jay, Peter, Born 1944 1
Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 1
Jonsson, Harder, 1912 - 1979 1
Kelvin Hall (Established 1918) 1
King, Hetty, 1883 - 1972 1
Leno, Dan, 1860 - 1904 1
Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1
Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1
Mills, Cyril Bertram, 1902 - 1991 1
Ohmy Circus (c1867 - 1920) 1
Olympia London (Established 1886) 1
P.C. Sorcar, Junior, Born 1946 1
Paulo Circus (Established c1900 - 1910) 1
Prince of Wales Theatre (Established 1884) (London) 1
Raffles, Joan, 1925 - 2009 1
Raffles, Mark, Born 1922 1
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919 - 2017) 1
Robert Brothers Circus (Established 1944) 1
Rosaire's Circus & Zoo (Established 1904) 1
Sanger, George, 1825 - 1911 1
Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 1
Taylor's Printers, Wombwell, Yorks (Established c1890) 1
The Alhambra Theatre (Established 1914) (Bradford) 1
The Great Ohmy, c1852 - 1931 1
The London Palladium (Established 1910) 1
The Ohmy Sisters (c1910 - 1914) 1
The Palace Theatre (Established 1891) (London) 1
Victoria, Vesta, 1873 - 1951 1
W. E. Berry Ltd (1888 - 2004) 1
Wilsons Group Services (Established c1860) 1
Woodward, Milton, 1900 - 1964 1
World's Fair Publications Limited (Established 1904) 1
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