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Beverly Sisters (c1943 - 2009) 2

Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 2

Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 2

Forde, Florrie, 1875 - 1940 2

Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 2

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Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 2

King, Hetty, 1883 - 1972 2

Leno, Dan, 1860 - 1904 2

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919 - 2017) 2

Taylor's Printers, Wombwell, Yorks (Established c1890) 2

Victoria, Vesta, 1873 - 1951 2

Adelphi Theatre (Established 1806) 1

Argyle Theatre of Varieties (c1868 - 1945) 1

Askey, Arthur Bowden, 1900 - 1982 1

Assembly Rooms (1810 - 1819) 1

Austen Brothers Circus (Established 1974) 1

Barnes, Bill (William), 1920 - 2019 1

Barrett, Norman, Born 1935 1

Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 1

Big Daddy, 1930 - 1997 1

Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 1

Blackpool Hippodrome (1895 - 2014) 1

Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Established 1896) 1

Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 1

Bobby Robert's Super Circus (1993 - 2011) 1

Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 1

Bruce, Thomas, 7th Earl of Elgin, 1766 - 1841 1

Buller, Redvers Henry, General, Sir, 1839 - 1908 1

Burnaby, Frederick Gustavus, Colonel, 1842 - 1885 1

C. Doubtfire (Amusements) Limited (Active c1950 - 1999) 1

Chaplin, Charles, 1889 - 1977 1

Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 1

Chipperfield, Mary, 1938 - 2014 1

Circus Busch-Roland (c1884 - 2018) 1

Circus Krone (Established 1905) 1

Circus Pinder (Established 1854) 1

Cirkus Merano (1975 - 2015) 1

Cooper, Millicent, c1900 - 1995 1

Corrigan, Albert, c1920 - 2008 1

Critchlow, Cyril, 1923 - 2008 1

Cruikshank, George, 1792 - 1878 1

Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) 1

Deveen, D., c1900 - 1989 1

Drury Lane Theatre (Established c1660) 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

Farrar's Fun Fairs (Established 1876) 1

Ford, Clifton, 1931 - 2009 1

G.R. Tucker and Sons Funfairs (Established 1976) 1

Gompertz. Moses (c1812 - 1893) 1

Gordon, Charles George, General, 1833 - 1885 1

Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (Established 1903) 1

Grimaldi, Joseph, 1778 - 1837 1

Hengler Grand Cirque (1844 - 1924) 1

Hicks, William, Colonel, 1830 - 1883 1

Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 1

J.W. Shaw Amusements (Initiated c1860 - 1889) 1

Jay, Peter, Born 1944 1

KaMpande, Cetshwayo, c1826 - 1884 1

Karno, Fred, 1866 - 1941 1

King, Steve, Born 1933 1

Ling Soo, Chung, 1861 - 1918 1

Ling's Family Amusements (Initiated c1850 - 1859) 1

Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1

Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1

Messrs. Hamilton (c1848 - 1923) 1

Mills, Cyril Bertram, 1902 - 1991 1

North's Funfairs (Established 1861) 1

Ohmy Circus (c1867 - 1920) 1

Olympia London (Established 1886) 1

Oxford Music Hall (1861 - 1926) 1

P.C. Sorcar, Junior, Born 1946 1

Pasha, Emin, 1840 - 1892 1

Paulo Circus (Established c1900 - 1910) 1

Pepper, John Henry, 1821 - 1990 1

Poole's Myrioramas (1837 - 1937) 1

Poole, Ada Violet, 1875 - 1954 1

Poole, Charles William, 1858 - 1918 1

Poole, Charles William, Jr., 1880 - [?] 1

Poole, Charles, 1821 - 1877 1

Poole, Elizabeth, 1856 - 1937 1

Poole, Florence Henrietta, 1873 - [?] 1

Poole, Fred (Frederick), 1867 - 1907 1

Poole, George Walter, 1828 - 1877 1

Poole, George, 1849 - 1929 1

Poole, Gordon, 1893 - 1970 1

Poole, Henry, 1850 - 1925 1

Poole, John Kenneth Stafford, 1911 - 1998 1

Poole, John Reginald, 1882 - 1950 1

Poole, Joseph Wolseley, 1878 - 1954 1

Poole, Joseph, 1847 - 1906 1

Poole, Lillian Maude, 1879 - 1946 1

Prince of Wales Theatre (Established 1884) (London) 1

Pryce, Elijah, 1847 - 1935 1

Putney Cinema (c1910 - 1976) 1

Raffles, Joan, 1925 - 2009 1

Raffles, Mark, Born 1922 1

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