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Circus Friends Association Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0122
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a large library of books and journals, as well as archival material including posters, programmes, photographs, films, handbills, research material, scrapbooks, original artwork and many other items of ephemera relating to British, Irish and European circuses

Dates: 1795 - 2020

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

Frankie Roberto Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0155
Scope and Contents

Photographs, programmes, plans, trade and advertising material, tickets, badges and other items of ephemera for British theme parks and attractions, including Alton Towers, Pleasure Land, Thorpe Park and Legoland.

Dates: c1900 - 2006

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Acrobats 2
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Animal trainers 2
Circus 2
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Arabic 1
Chinese 1
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Austen Brothers Circus (Established 1974) 2
Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 2
Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 2
Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 2
Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 2
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Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 2
Chessington World of Adventures (Established 1987) 2
Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 2
Circus Busch-Roland (c1884 - 2018) 2
Circus Krone (Established 1905) 2
Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 2
Duffy's Circus (Established c1800) 2
Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 2
Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 2
Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (Established 1903) 2
Grimaldi, Joseph, 1778 - 1837 2
Jay, Peter, Born 1944 2
Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 2
Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 2
Ohmy Circus (c1867 - 1920) 2
Olympia London (Established 1886) 2
Paulo Circus (Established c1900 - 1910) 2
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919 - 2017) 2
Robert Brothers Circus (Established 1944) 2
Sanger, George, 1825 - 1911 2
Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 2
The Great Ohmy, c1852 - 1931 2
The London Palladium (Established 1910) 2
W. E. Berry Ltd (1888 - 2004) 2
Wilsons Group Services (Established c1860) 2
World's Fair Publications Limited (Established 1904) 2
Adelphi Theatre (Established 1806) 1
Althoff Circus (c1675 - 1999) 1
Alton Towers (Established 1980) 1
Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 1
Argyle Theatre of Varieties (c1868 - 1945) 1
Arnold, Tom, 1897 - 1969 1
Astley's Amphitheatre (1773 - 1891) 1
Astley, Philip, 1742 - 1814 1
Barbette, 1899 - 1973 1
Barltrop, Chris, Born c1958 1
Barnum & Bailey Circus (1881 - 1919) 1
Barrett's Canadian Circus (1925 - 1956) 1
Barrett, Norman, Born 1935 1
Battersea Park Amusement Park (1858 - 1972) 1
Batty, William, 1801 - 1868 1
Beatty, Clyde, 1903 - 1965 1
Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 1
Beverly Sisters (c1943 - 2009) 1
Big Daddy, 1930 - 1997 1
Bingley Hall (1850 - 1984) 1
Blackpool Hippodrome (1895 - 2014) 1
Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Established 1896) 1
Blondin, Charles, 1824 - 1897 1
Bobby Robert's Super Circus (1993 - 2011) 1
Bostock, Frank C., 1866 - 1912 1
Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) 1
Brick, Hans, 1889 - 1972 1
Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 1
Carl Hagenbeck Circus (c1893 - 1907) 1
Chaplin, Charles, 1889 - 1977 1
Chapman Circus (1928 - 1940) 1
Chapman, Ellen, 1831 - 1899 1
Chipperfield, Jimmy (James), 1912 - 1990 1
Chipperfield, Mary, 1938 - 2014 1
Circus Archaos (Established 1986) 1
Circus Barum (1878 - 2008) 1
Circus Busch (1903 - 1999) 1
Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) 1
Circus Ginnett (Established c1800) 1
Circus Knie (Established 1803) 1
Circus Medrano (Established 1875) 1
Circus Pinder (Established 1854) 1
Circus Roncalli (Established 1976) 1
Circus Sarrasani (c1902 - 1977) 1
Circus of Horrors (Established 1995) 1
Cirkus Merano (1975 - 2015) 1
Cirque Jean Richard (c1957 - 1990) 1
Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione (Established 1852) 1
Cirque du Soleil (Established 1984) 1
Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Circus (Established c1957) 1
Cole Bros. Circus (c1884 - 1957) 1
Cooper, Millicent, c1900 - 1995 1
Cottle, Gerry, 1945 - 2021 1
Court, Alfred, 1883 - 1977 1
Craston, Joe (Joseph), 1868 - 1948 1
Critchlow, Cyril, 1923 - 2008 1
David Smart's Super Circus (c1980 - 1983) 1
Denver, Hal, 1909 - 1994 1
Deveen, D., c1900 - 1989 1
Disneyland Paris (Established 1994) 1
Doddles, c1877 - 1967 1
Drury Lane Theatre (Established c1660) 1
Ducrow, Andrew (1793-1842) 1
Duke of York Theatre (Established 1892) 1
Egyptian Hall (1812 - 1905) 1
Electric (Modern) Printing Company (c1930 - 1991) 1
Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain (Established 1977) 1
Forde, Florrie, 1875 - 1940 1
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