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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

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

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Adelphi Theatre (Established 1806) 1
Althoff Circus (c1675 - 1999) 1
Anderson, Moira, Born 1938 1
Argyle Theatre of Varieties (c1868 - 1945) 1
Aznavour, Charles, 1924 - 2018 1
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Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 1
Beverly Sisters (c1943 - 2009) 1
Big Daddy, 1930 - 1997 1
Blackpool Hippodrome (1895 - 2014) 1
Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 1
Bobby Robert's Super Circus (1993 - 2011) 1
Boone, Pat, Born 1934 1
Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 1
Chaplin, Charles, 1889 - 1977 1
Chipperfield, Jimmy (James), 1912 - 1990 1
Chipperfield, Mary, 1938 - 2014 1
Circus Boltini (Established c1939) 1
Circus Busch (1903 - 1999) 1
Circus Busch-Roland (c1884 - 2018) 1
Circus Knie (Established 1803) 1
Circus Togni (Established c1880) 1
Cirkus Arnardo (Established 1949) 1
Cirkus Benneweis (1887 - 2015) 1
Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione (Established 1852) 1
Cooper, Millicent, c1900 - 1995 1
Cottle, Gerry, 1945 - 2021 1
Critchlow, Cyril, 1923 - 2008 1
Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) 1
Deveen, D., c1900 - 1989 1
Distel, Sacha, 1933 - 2004 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
Essex, David, Born 1947 1
Forde, Florrie, 1875 - 1940 1
Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 1
Fossett, Jacko, 1922 - 2004 1
Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 1
Gerry Cottle's Circus (1974 - 2003) 1
Grimaldi, Joseph, 1778 - 1837 1
Hamilton, David, Born 1938 1
Jamieson, David, 1949 - 2017 1
Jay, Peter, Born 1944 1
Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 1
King, Hetty, 1883 - 1972 1
Knight, Gladys, Born 1944 1
Leno, Dan, 1860 - 1904 1
Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1
Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1
Lulu, Born 1948 1
Merchant, Billy (Little Billy), 1919 - 2001 1
Ohmy Circus (c1867 - 1920) 1
Olympia London (Established 1886) 1
P.C. Sorcar, Junior, Born 1946 1
Palmer, Christopher, Born 1930 1
Paulo Circus (Established c1900 - 1910) 1
Popov, Oleg, 1930 - 2016 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
Rogana, Born 1933 1
Ronnie, Smart, c1930 - 2020 1
Sanger, George, 1825 - 1911 1
Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 1
Taylor's Printers, Wombwell, Yorks (Established c1890) 1
Thames Television (Established 1968) 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
Victoria, Vesta, 1873 - 1951 1
Wilsons Group Services (Established c1860) 1
Woodward, Milton, 1900 - 1964 1
World's Fair Publications Limited (Established 1904) 1
Yokoi, Lilly, Born 1929 1
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