Performers
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Christopher Palmer Collection
Fonds
Reference code: NFA0105
Scope and Contents
Circus programmes and VHS tapes from Billy Smart’s Circus and Chipperfields’s Circus collected during the 1970s and early 1980s by the TV producer, Christopher John Palmer. There are also a number of promotional photographs of artistes and other ephemera related to the circus.
Dates:
1973 - 1983
Found in:
National Fairground and Circus Archive
Cyril Critchlow Collection
Fonds
Reference code: NFA0089
Scope and Contents
The Cyril Critchlow collection contains programmes, posters, handbills, books and magic journals, many of which relate to shows in Blackpool where Cyril resided and includes material on entertainment venues such as Blackpool’s North Pier, Central Pier, South Pier, Tower Circus and a small collection of programmes from other national venues. Additionally, it contains circus photographs and postcards mainly of the Ohmy Circus and Sanger Circus including individual circus troupes and performers...
Dates:
c1837 - 2008
Found in:
National Fairground and Circus Archive
Newspaper Cuttings and Scapbooks, 1838 - 2007
Series
Reference code: 178G21
Scope and Contents
A collection of newspaper cuttings on circus, circus proprietors and performers and scrapbooks containing newspaper cuttings, posters, programmes and other items of ephemera, covering mainly British circuses and venues such as Belle Vue and also some international circuses.
Dates:
1838 - 2007
Programmes, 1970 - 1981
Series
Reference code: 178K41
Scope and Contents
Programmes for various British and international circuses including Billy Russell's, Blackpool Tower, Fossett's, Chipperfield's and the Toni Boltini's Circus.
Dates:
1970 - 1981