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David Braithwaite Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0053
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs taken by David Braithwaite from the 1950s and used towards his publications alongside older images collected from other sources as well as business records, monographs, articles, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, advertising material, bibliographies, catalogues, programmes, films and some other miscellaneous items.

Dates: c1880 - 1989

National Fairground and Circus Archive Collection

 Collection
Reference code: NFA0092
Scope and Contents

Contains thousands of posters, programmes, photographs, handbills, original documents, specialist journals, newspapers and a library containing publications on all the areas of collecting

Dates: c1700 - 2020

Norman Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0087
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs, business papers, newspaper cuttings typed pages and notes (probably for an autobiography) with some correspondence about a proposed book. There are also some costumes and props.

Dates: c1930 - 1969

Ronald Allen Taylor Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0015
Scope and Contents

The collection contains photographs in twenty two albums taken by Taylor and other photographers, correspondence and a number of catalogues including his Dodgem research material.

Dates: c1900 - 1991

Sanger Circus Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0154
Scope and Contents

Black and white and some colour photographs, negatives, handbills, programmes and other items of ephemera relating George Sanger's circus and the Hall by the Sea.

Dates: c1850 - 1945

Shufflebottom Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0014
Scope and Contents The main part of the collection consists of material relating to the Shufflebottom family and receipts and posters advertising their latest attractions. The second half of the collection relates to the Waddington family and Margaret Shufflebottom's later marriage to Arthur Bird.The Shufflebottom collection consists of photographs, diaries, albums, account books and assorted ephemera associated with the family's history on the fair. The photographic material dates from 1890 to the...
Dates: c1890 - 1989

Smart Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0079
Scope and Contents

This collection contains posters, programmes, letters, film, business records and a large number of family and circus photographs. This unique family collection charts the history of the Smart family from their beginnings as fairground showmen to presenting one of the greatest British circuses.

Dates: c1890 - 2014

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British Fairground Society (BFS) (Established c1950) 2
Friendship Circle of Showland Fans. (FCSF) (c1940 - 1969) 2
Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 2
Norman, Tom, 1860 - 1930 (The Silver King) 2
Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 2
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The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 2
Astley, Philip, 1742 - 1814 1
Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 1
Bird, Margaret, c1900 - 1999 1
Booth, William, 1829 - 1912 (The General) 1
Braithwaite, David, 1932 - 1982 1
Braithwaite, Joanna, Born c1960 1
British Amusement Catering Trade Association (BACTA) (Established 1974) 1
Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 1
Chapman, Ellen, 1831 - 1899 1
Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) 1
David Smart's Super Circus (c1980 - 1983) 1
Denver, Hal, 1909 - 1994 1
Downie, Graham, Born 1941 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
George Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd (1875 - 1977) 1
Groupe Gaston Reverchon International Design (1929 - 2008) 1
Hall by the Sea (1870 - 1919) 1
Lang Wheels (c1900 - 1969) 1
Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1
Lusse Brothers Inc (1922 - 1994) 1
National Fairground and Circus Archive. NFCA (Established 1994) 1
Orton, George, 1843 - 1924 1
S.D.C. (c1960 - 1993) (Amusement Rides Manufacturers) 1
Sanger's Allied Circus (Established 1854) 1
Sanger, George, 1825 - 1911 1
Savage Ltd (1850 -1973) 1
Savage, Frederick, 1828 - 1897 1
Shufflebottom Family, c1870 - 1998 1
Shufflebottom, Florence, 1931 - 2013 1
Shufflebottom, Rosina, 1872 - 1937 1
Shufflebottom, William, c1850 - 1916 1
Smart, Billy (William), 1894 - 1966 1
Smart, Billy, Jnr (William), 1934 - 2005 1
Smart, David, 1929 - 2007 1
Spooner, Charles, 1871 - 1939 1
Supercar Company Ltd (Established 1934) 1
Taylor, Ronald Allen, 1925 - 1994 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Toulmin, Vanessa, Professor, Born 1967 1
Wallis & Steevens Ltd (1856 - 1981) 1
Wilsons Group Services (Established c1860) 1
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