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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

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

Rowland Scott Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0037
Scope and Contents

Photographs related to all aspects of British travelling fairgrounds including; rides, transport, living wagons, showpeople, fairground shows, circuses and organs by Rowland Scott and other authors, a selection of manuscripts by Rowland Scott and a small amount of correspondence.

Dates: c1899 - 1989

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Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 2
Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 2
Farrar's Fun Fairs (Established 1876) 2
J.W. Shaw Amusements (Initiated c1860 - 1889) 2
Ling's Family Amusements (Initiated c1850 - 1859) 2
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Manders (Established 1850) 2
Pat Collins Fun Fairs (Established 1899) 2
Waddington's Funfairs (Initiated c1860 - 1899) 2
Askey, Arthur Bowden, 1900 - 1982 1
Aspland, George, 1836 - 1911 1
Bartlett, John Norman, c1892 - 1972 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
Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 1
Braithwaite, David, 1932 - 1982 1
Browns Foundry Co. (Established 1869) 1
Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 1
Butlins (Established c1920) 1
C. Doubtfire (Amusements) Limited (Active c1950 - 1999) 1
Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 1
Chipperfield, Mary, 1938 - 2014 1
Circus Pinder (Established 1854) 1
Codona (Established c1790) 1
Corrigan's Amusement Arcades (Established c1960 - 1969) 1
Corrigan, Albert, c1920 - 2008 1
Cranes (Dereham) Ltd (1865 - 2005) 1
Crow Amusements (Established 1865) 1
Danter, Establish c1880 (Fairground Showmen) 1
Darby, Herbert, Active c1880 - 1929 (Fairground Artist) 1
Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 1
Fairground Association of Great Britain. (FAGB) (Established 1977) 1
Fairweather, John, 1867 - 1942 (Architect) 1
Farrar, Enoch, c1860 - 1935 1
Ford, Clifton, 1931 - 2009 1
Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 1
G.R. Tucker and Sons Funfairs (Established 1976) 1
Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 1
George Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd (1875 - 1977) 1
J. Whiting & Son Funfairs (Established c1899) 1
Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 1
King, Steve, Born 1933 1
Lee, Harry, 1913 - 1997 1
Manning Carnival Fun Fairs (Established 1850) 1
Mather & Platt (Established 1845) 1
Mellor, Jack, c1894 - 1979 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Mellors Group Events (Established 1890) 1
Moss Gear Company Ltd (Established 1910) 1
North's Funfairs (Established 1861) 1
Olympia London (Established 1886) 1
Orton, George, 1843 - 1924 1
Proctors Funfairs (Established c1870) 1
Robey & Co. Ltd (c1849 - 1988) 1
Roger Tuby & Son Funfairs (Established c1871) 1
Rosaire's Circus & Zoo (Established 1904) 1
Savage Ltd (1850 -1973) 1
Scott, Rowland, 1921 - 1998 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Shufflebottom Family, c1870 - 1998 1
Silcocks Fun Fairs (Established c1870 - 1879) 1
Spooner, Charles, 1871 - 1939 1
Stewart Family, Established 1914 (Fairground Showmen) 1
Taylor's Printers, Wombwell, Yorks (Established c1890) 1
Taylor, Charles, Born c1940 1
Taylor, Heather, Born c1945 1
The Kursaal (1894 - 2020) 1
The Nolan Sisters (Established 1980) 1
The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 1
Thomas Whitelegg & Sons Ltd (Established c1880 - 1899) 1
Thornewill & Warham Ltd (1849 - 1929) 1
Thurston, Charles, c1882 - 1928 1
Traver Engineering Company (1906 - 1933) 1
W. Marshall Amusements (Established c1986) 1
Wallis' Amusements (Established 1883) 1
Weights Circus and Zoo (c1945 - 1999) 1
Williams, Randall Kay, 1846 - 1898 1
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