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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
Found in:
National Fairground and Circus Archive
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
Found in:
National Fairground and Circus Archive
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- Amusement rides 1
- Ark 1
- Big wheel 1
- Chairoplanes 1
- Diving 1
- Dodgems 1
- Escape artists 1
- Fairs 1
- Fakirs 1
- Fun house 1
- Games 1
- Ghost train 1
- Meteorite 1
- Minstrel shows 1
- Musical performances 1
- Musicians 1
- Octopus 1
- Pantomime 1
- Ringmaster 1
- Ringmistress 1
- Roller coasters 1
- Satellite 1
- Showwoman 1
- Skating 1
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- Danish 1
- French 1
- German 1
- Norwegian Nynorsk; Nynorsk, Norwegian 1
- Aromanian; Arumanian; Macedo-Romanian 1
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- Names
- Althoff Circus (c1675 - 1999) 1
- Anderson, Moira, Born 1938 1
- 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
- Boone, Pat, Born 1934 1
- C. Doubtfire (Amusements) Limited (Active c1950 - 1999) 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
- 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
- Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (Established 1903) 1
- Hamilton, David, Born 1938 1
- Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 1
- J.W. Shaw Amusements (Initiated c1860 - 1889) 1
- Jamieson, David, 1949 - 2017 1
- Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 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
- Palmer, Christopher, Born 1930 1
- Popov, Oleg, 1930 - 2016 1
- Rogana, Born 1933 1
- Ronnie, Smart, c1930 - 2020 1
- Rosaire's Circus & Zoo (Established 1904) 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 Nolan Sisters (Established 1980) 1
- The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 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 + ∧ less
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