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Performers

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

Acrobats, c1940 - 1950

 Item
Reference code: 178C83.181
Scope and Contents

Mixed group of acrobats performing in a park with Victoria Craston balancing in the middle.

Dates: c1940 - 1950

Craston Sisters, c1920 - 1930

 Item
Reference code: 178C83.74
Scope and Contents

Victoria Craston (Left) and Louise Craston (Lulu Adams) (right) both lifting their legs a a pose.

Dates: c1920 - 1930

Equestrian and Circus, c1890 - 1910

 Item
Reference code: 178C83.183
Scope and Contents

Double exposure print with Marsha Craston (nee Cashmore) in equestrian costume and circus building to rear. 'Joe took one on top of the front of the Circus by mistake as took her' written on reverse. Probably taken by Joe Craston Senior.

Dates: c1890 - 1910

Equestrian Performer, c1920 - 1940

 Item
Reference code: 178C83.60
Scope and Contents

Victoria Craston in equestrian perfomer costume wrearing an ostrich feather hat.

Dates: c1920 - 1940

Female Performers, c1910 - 1930

 Item
Reference code: 178C83.69
Scope and Contents

Two female performers, possibly Louise (Lulu Adams) and Victoria Craston.

Dates: c1910 - 1930

Grand Theatre, Blackburn Handbill, 14 April 1941

 Item
Reference code: 178T26.2
Scope and Contents

Turner Layton, pianist, Vic & Joe Crastonian, music, singing and dancing, Johnnie Kavanagh, comedian, Hal Mack and his Six Dancing Demons, variety act, George Latour, juggler, Al Wright, comedy circus, Robert Bemand and his wonder pigeons, Gordon and Bryan, piano and singing act. Red and black type on white paper, black and white photograph on front page and black and white illustration of The Crastonian’s act inside, 4pp.

Dates: 14 April 1941

Handbills, c1924 - 1949

 Series
Reference code: 178T26
Scope and Contents

Handbills for variety shows featuring the Castonians and other acts.

Dates: c1924 - 1949

La Grande Revue Annuelle du Concert Mayol Handbill, 23 - 27 January 1924

 Item
Reference code: 178T26.3
Scope and Contents

Grenoble Casino Kursaal, Les Crastonians, Yvonne Serard, Popino, comedian, Marcellus, J. Alder, Sylette, Robert & Lysiane Roberty, dancers, Leo Caldy, Renee Favaine, B. Lecoeur, De Presles, Andree Ricard, Violette Turin, Berthe Lacaze, De Valmont, Rose The, De Marcy, Geo Garner, Dalcourt, Marcelle Darcilly, The 12 Bigarelli Girls, 1p.

Dates: 23 - 27 January 1924

Lulu Adams Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0042
Scope and Contents

This collection contains business records, newspaper cuttings, programmes, notebooks and handbills, as well as a collection of black and white photographs, some original artwork and other items relating to Lulu Adam’s personal life and career

Dates: c1880 - 1959

Miss Cashmore Sport Act Poster, c1900

 Item
Reference code: 178R57.1
Scope and Contents

Colour poster of Martha Cashmore performing in a horse pulled car with dogs. Printed by Andreasen & Lachmann, Copenhagen.

Dates: c1900

Original Artwork, c1910 - 1949

 Series
Reference code: 178V6
Scope and Contents

Drawings and card, mostly pressumed to have been designed and drawn by Lulu Adams.

Dates: c1910 - 1949

Performers, c1930 - 1949

 Item
Reference code: 178C83.78
Scope and Contents

Group of three performers, two men and a woman with Joe Craston Junior top and Victoria Craston.

Dates: c1930 - 1949

Performers Group in the Park, c1930 - 1950

 Item
Reference code: 178C83.192
Scope and Contents

Mixed group of acrobat performers in swimming costumes in a park. Victoria Craston, back row, third from right.

Dates: c1930 - 1950

Photographs, c1880 - 1950

 Series
Reference code: 178C83
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs and a small amount of negatives containing a mixture of business and family archive showing performers, animals, circuses, family members such as Joe Craston, the Crastonians and Lulu, also four photo albums and two postcards of Joe Craston.

Dates: c1880 - 1950

The Craston Sisters, c1920 - 1930

 Item
Reference code: 178C83.1
Scope and Contents

Photographic print of sisters Louise (Lulu) and Victoria Craston in dance costume seated back to back on a chair.

Dates: c1920 - 1930

The Crastonians, c1920 - 1940

 Item
Reference code: 178C83.364
Scope and Contents

Victoria and Joe Craston dressed in performance costume. 'Mannell London' printed on the front.

Dates: c1920 - 1940

Victoria Craston, c1930 - 1950

 Item
Reference code: 178C83.155
Scope and Contents

Victoria Craston on stage in dress standing in front of a microphone.

Dates: c1930 - 1950

Victoria Craston, c1930 - 1940

 Item
Reference code: 178C83.172
Scope and Contents

Victoria Craston on stage in long dress.

Dates: c1930 - 1940

Victoria Craston, c1920 - 1940

 Item
Reference code: 178C83.191
Scope and Contents

Victoria Craston performing a juggling act on stage.

Dates: c1920 - 1940

Windsor Theatre, Bearwood Handbill, 29 May c1940 - 1949

 Item
Reference code: 178T26.1
Scope and Contents

Vogelbein’s Bears, Vic & Joe Crastonian, variety act, Syd Plummer, The Zyli-Fool, Walcott’s Marionettes, The Two Eddies, musical equilibrists, Percy Rich & Eva, comedy act, Hilda Heath, just crazy, Marcia Owen, singing act, Roy Lester, comedian. Printed by: Electric Modern Printing Co., Ltd (T.U.) Waterloo Road, Manchester 8.

Dates: 29 May c1940 - 1949