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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

Mazelly-Miller Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0191
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs and some documents belonging to the Mazelly and Miller fairground families including documents related to WWI and a ditty box.

Dates: c1870 - 1999

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

Selina Dobson Collection

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Reference code: On loan
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs, Showmen's Guild membership cards and newspaper cuttings relating to the Dobson family, as well as World War One and World War Two photographs, correspondence, medals and certificates.

Dates: c1900 - 1989

Testo Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0032
Scope and Contents

This collection comprises photographs, business records, articles, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, advertising material, family research and items of personal archive related to the Testo family history in the fairground and circus

Dates: 1898 - 1999

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Names
Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 2
Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 2
Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 2
Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 2
Sanger, George, 1825 - 1911 2
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Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 2
World's Fair Publications Limited (Established 1904) 2
Adelphi Theatre (Established 1806) 1
Argyle Theatre of Varieties (c1868 - 1945) 1
Astley, Philip, 1742 - 1814 1
Austen Brothers Circus (Established 1974) 1
Barrett, Norman, Born 1935 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
Booth, William, 1829 - 1912 (The General) 1
Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 1
Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 1
Chaplin, Charles, 1889 - 1977 1
Chapman, Ellen, 1831 - 1899 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
Dobson Family, Established c1900 - 1910 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
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
Hall by the Sea (1870 - 1919) 1
Jay, Peter, Born 1944 1
Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 1
King, Hetty, 1883 - 1972 1
Leno, Dan, 1860 - 1904 1
Mazelly-Miller Family (Established c1842) 1
Miller, Richard, 1895 - 1914 1
Mills, Cyril Bertram, 1902 - 1991 1
Norman, Tom, 1860 - 1930 (The Silver King) 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's Allied Circus (Established 1854) 1
Taylor's Printers, Wombwell, Yorks (Established c1890) 1
Testo Family, Established c1700 1
Testo, Felix, c1799 - 1879 1
Testo, Felix, junior, c1838 - 1910 1
Testo, William, 1840 - 1899 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
The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 1
Victoria, Vesta, 1873 - 1951 1
W. E. Berry Ltd (1888 - 2004) 1
Wilsons Group Services (Established c1860) 1
Woodward, Milton, 1900 - 1964 1
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