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Circus Friends Association Collection
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
Cyril Critchlow Collection
David Braithwaite Collection
This collection contains photographs taken by David Braithwaite from the 1950s and used towards his publications alongside older images collected from other sources as well as business records, monographs, articles, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, advertising material, bibliographies, catalogues, programmes, films and some other miscellaneous items.
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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
- Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 2
- Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 2
- Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 2
- Circus Busch-Roland (c1884 - 2018) 2
- Circus Krone (Established 1905) 2
- Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) 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
- World's Fair Publications Limited (Established 1904) 2
- Adelphi Theatre (Established 1806) 1
- Althoff Circus (c1675 - 1999) 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
- Braithwaite, David, 1932 - 1982 1
- Braithwaite, Joanna, Born c1960 1
- Brick, Hans, 1889 - 1972 1
- British Amusement Catering Trade Association (BACTA) (Established 1974) 1
- British Fairground Society (BFS) (Established c1950) 1
- Carl Hagenbeck Circus (c1893 - 1907) 1
- Chaplin, Charles, 1889 - 1977 1
- Chapman Circus (1928 - 1940) 1
- Chapman, Ellen, 1831 - 1899 1
- Chessington World of Adventures (Established 1987) 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
- 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 + ∧ less
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