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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

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

Scrivens and Smith Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0013
Scope and Contents

Colour photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides and scenes and black and white photographs of Lang Wheels dodgem cars and two artist's impressions of Lang Wheels aerodrome. Also contains cassette recordings of showman John Ling's memories of travelling life.

Dates: c1950 - 1994

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  • Names: Ling's Family Amusements (Initiated c1850 - 1859) X

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Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 2
J.W. Shaw Amusements (Initiated c1860 - 1889) 2
Waddington's Funfairs (Initiated c1860 - 1899) 2
Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 1
Askey, Arthur Bowden, 1900 - 1982 1
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Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 1
Beverly Sisters (c1943 - 2009) 1
Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 1
Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Established 1896) 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
Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 1
Corrigan's Amusement Arcades (Established c1960 - 1969) 1
Corrigan, Albert, c1920 - 2008 1
Crow Amusements (Established 1865) 1
Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 1
Fairground Association of Great Britain. (FAGB) (Established 1977) 1
Farrar's Fun Fairs (Established 1876) 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
Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 1
King, Steve, Born 1933 1
Lee, Harry, 1913 - 1997 1
Manders (Established 1850) 1
Manning Carnival Fun Fairs (Established 1850) 1
Mellor, Jack, c1894 - 1979 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Mellors Group Events (Established 1890) 1
North's Funfairs (Established 1861) 1
Pat Collins Fun Fairs (Established 1899) 1
Roger Tuby & Son Funfairs (Established c1871) 1
Rosaire's Circus & Zoo (Established 1904) 1
Scott, Rowland, 1921 - 1998 (Fairground Enthusiast) 1
Scrivens, Kevin, Born c1960 1
Shufflebottom Family, c1870 - 1998 1
Silcocks Fun Fairs (Established c1870 - 1879) 1
Smith, Stephen, Born c1960 1
Taylor's Printers, Wombwell, Yorks (Established c1890) 1
Taylor, Charles, Born c1940 1
Taylor, Heather, Born c1945 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
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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