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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

Rod Spooner Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0011
Scope and Contents

The collection includes photographs taken by Jack Mellor and includes images of fairground rides, sideshows and traction engines. There are copies of Rod Spooner's photographs of South and Midland Fairs from 1952-1953. Also included is a cassette recording of an interview With Kay Smart and other showmen/women.

Dates: c1900 - 1989

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

Rowland Scott Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0037
Scope and Contents

Photographs related to all aspects of British travelling fairgrounds including; rides, transport, living wagons, showpeople, fairground shows, circuses and organs by Rowland Scott and other authors, a selection of manuscripts by Rowland Scott and a small amount of correspondence.

Dates: c1899 - 1989

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

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Names
Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 2
British Fairground Society (BFS) (Established c1950) 2
Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 2
Friendship Circle of Showland Fans. (FCSF) (c1940 - 1969) 2
Mellor, Jack, c1894 - 1979 (Fairground Enthusiast) 2
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Shufflebottom Family, c1870 - 1998 2
The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 2
Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 1
Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 1
Bird, Margaret, c1900 - 1999 1
Braithwaite, David, 1932 - 1982 1
Braithwaite, Joanna, Born c1960 1
British Amusement Catering Trade Association (BACTA) (Established 1974) 1
Butlins (Established c1920) 1
Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) 1
Codona (Established c1790) 1
Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 1
Corrigan's Amusement Arcades (Established c1960 - 1969) 1
Crow Amusements (Established 1865) 1
Downie, Graham, Born 1941 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Fairground Association of Great Britain. (FAGB) (Established 1977) 1
George Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd (1875 - 1977) 1
Groupe Gaston Reverchon International Design (1929 - 2008) 1
Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 1
J.W. Shaw Amusements (Initiated c1860 - 1889) 1
Lang Wheels (c1900 - 1969) 1
Lee, Harry, 1913 - 1997 1
Ling's Family Amusements (Initiated c1850 - 1859) 1
Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1
Lusse Brothers Inc (1922 - 1994) 1
Manders (Established 1850) 1
Manning Carnival Fun Fairs (Established 1850) 1
Mellors Group Events (Established 1890) 1
National Fairground and Circus Archive. NFCA (Established 1994) 1
Orton, George, 1843 - 1924 1
Pat Collins Fun Fairs (Established 1899) 1
Roger Tuby & Son Funfairs (Established c1871) 1
S.D.C. (c1960 - 1993) (Amusement Rides Manufacturers) 1
Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 1
Savage Ltd (1850 -1973) 1
Savage, Frederick, 1828 - 1897 1
Scott, Rowland, 1921 - 1998 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Shufflebottom, Florence, 1931 - 2013 1
Shufflebottom, Rosina, 1872 - 1937 1
Shufflebottom, William, c1850 - 1916 1
Silcocks Fun Fairs (Established c1870 - 1879) 1
Smart, Kay, c1930 - 2016 1
Spooner, Charles, 1871 - 1939 1
Spooner, Rod, 1927- 2011 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Supercar Company Ltd (Established 1934) 1
Taylor, Ronald Allen, 1925 - 1994 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Thomas Whitelegg & Sons Ltd (Established c1880 - 1899) 1
Toulmin, Vanessa, Professor, Born 1967 1
W. Marshall Amusements (Established c1986) 1
Waddington's Funfairs (Initiated c1860 - 1899) 1
Wallis & Steevens Ltd (1856 - 1981) 1
Wallis' Amusements (Established 1883) 1
Williams, Randall Kay, 1846 - 1898 1
Wilsons Group Services (Established c1860) 1
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