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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

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

Orton and Spooner Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0070
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a large selection of archives from the Orton and Spooner Company. The collection comprises photographs and cabinet card images showing carved work, structural work and classic painted work, 4 boxes of notes, invoices and clippings, 8 drawers of plans and blueprints, 2 folders of ride specifications and order forms, accounts books and a library of source books showing turn of the century art used by the artists in the company.

Dates: c1870 - 1969

Selina Dobson Collection

 Fonds
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

The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0054
Scope and Contents

The main extent of the collection contains yearbooks, meetings and minutes, correspondence and a record of day to day activities within The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain.

Dates: 1904 - 2023

War Magazines Collection

 Collection
Reference code: WAR1
Scope and Contents The collection consists of issues of three illustrated magazines, which were published during the First and Second World Wars. The issues describe and comment on events at home, in Europe and in the wider world, with lavish use of illustration and photographs.The War Illustrated (1914-1919) 1-208, 22nd August 1914-10th August 1918. Missing no. 3The War Illustrated (1939-1947) 1-255, 16th September 1939-11th April 1947War Weekly 2-85, 3rd November 1939-5th...
Dates: 1914 - 1947

World's Fair Newspaper Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0085
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the complete run of The World's Fair Newspaper from 1904 to the present day. Including microfilmed copies from 1904 to 1950.

Dates: 1904 - 2020

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National Fairground and Circus Archive 7
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Names
World's Fair Publications Limited (Established 1904) 3
Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 2
Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 2
Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 2
Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 2
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Olympia London (Established 1886) 2
The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 2
Thurston, Charles, c1882 - 1928 2
Adelphi Theatre (Established 1806) 1
Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 1
Argyle Theatre of Varieties (c1868 - 1945) 1
Aspland, George, 1836 - 1911 1
Austen Brothers Circus (Established 1974) 1
Barrett, Norman, Born 1935 1
Bartlett, John Norman, c1892 - 1972 1
Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 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
Braithwaite, David, 1932 - 1982 1
Browns Foundry Co. (Established 1869) 1
Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 1
Chaplin, Charles, 1889 - 1977 1
Circus Busch-Roland (c1884 - 2018) 1
Circus Krone (Established 1905) 1
Cirkus Merano (1975 - 2015) 1
Cooper, Millicent, c1900 - 1995 1
Cranes (Dereham) Ltd (1865 - 2005) 1
Critchlow, Cyril, 1923 - 2008 1
Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) 1
Danter, Establish c1880 (Fairground Showmen) 1
Darby, Herbert, Active c1880 - 1929 (Fairground Artist) 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
Fairweather, John, 1867 - 1942 (Architect) 1
Farrar's Fun Fairs (Established 1876) 1
Farrar, Enoch, c1860 - 1935 1
Forde, Florrie, 1875 - 1940 1
Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 1
Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 1
George Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd (1875 - 1977) 1
Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (Established 1903) 1
Grimaldi, Joseph, 1778 - 1837 1
Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 1
Horne, Thomas, Reverend, c1850 - 1918 1
J. Whiting & Son Funfairs (Established c1899) 1
Jay, Peter, Born 1944 1
Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 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
Manders (Established 1850) 1
Mather & Platt (Established 1845) 1
Mazelly-Miller Family (Established c1842) 1
Miller, Richard, 1895 - 1914 1
Mills, Bertram, 1873 - 1938 1
Mills, Cyril Bertram, 1902 - 1991 1
Moss Gear Company Ltd (Established 1910) 1
Ohmy Circus (c1867 - 1920) 1
Orton, George, 1843 - 1924 1
P.C. Sorcar, Junior, Born 1946 1
Pat Collins Fun Fairs (Established 1899) 1
Paulo Circus (Established c1900 - 1910) 1
Prince of Wales Theatre (Established 1884) (London) 1
Proctors Funfairs (Established c1870) 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
Robey & Co. Ltd (c1849 - 1988) 1
Sanger, George, 1825 - 1911 1
Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 1
Savage Ltd (1850 -1973) 1
Spooner, Charles, 1871 - 1939 1
Stewart Family, Established 1914 (Fairground Showmen) 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 Kursaal (1894 - 2020) 1
The London Palladium (Established 1910) 1
The Ohmy Sisters (c1910 - 1914) 1
The Palace Theatre (Established 1891) (London) 1
Thornewill & Warham Ltd (1849 - 1929) 1
Traver Engineering Company (1906 - 1933) 1
Victoria, Vesta, 1873 - 1951 1
W. E. Berry Ltd (1888 - 2004) 1
Whimsical Walker, 1851 - 1934 1
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