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 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4540 Collections and/or Records:

Various, c1898 - 1977

 Series
Reference code: 178Z22
Scope and Contents

Various items related to the Testo family and their business in the fairground.

Dates: c1898 - 1977
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Testo Family Collection

Various Circus Film, c1945 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 14: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.122
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Photax. Extracts from feature films and circus films including Sawdust Ring, The Kids Last Fight, Togare and his Tigers, Days of Thrills and Laughter, Charlie the Busker, Bertram Mills Chimps, Leon I The Human Cannon Ball, Bertram Mills Clowns, Kill or Cure, and Jumbo’s Test Match. Includes Shirley Temple, Charlie Chaplin, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Geo Rowe and John Gindl from Bertram Mills Circus Olympia, London.

Dates: c1945 - 1965
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Various Circus Related Newspaper Cuttings, 1933 - 1975

 File — Box Lulu Adams Box 4: Series 178F16; Series 178G5; Series 178H10; Series 178K34; Series 178T26; Series 178Z23
Reference code: 178G5.5
Scope and Contents

Newspaper cuttings relating to various circuses and performers.

Dates: 1933 - 1975
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Lulu Adams Collection / Newspaper Cuttings

Various Items, 1914 - 1935

 Series
Reference code: 178Z15
Scope and Contents

Various items related to Billy Bellhouse's private and professional life including tickets, membership cards and touring memorabilia.

Dates: 1914 - 1935
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Billy Bellhouse Collection

Various Items , c1903 - 1923

 Series
Reference code: 178Z35
Scope and Contents

Various items related to Ben Jackson and his wife's career in music hall and variety.

Dates: c1903 - 1923
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Ben Jackson Collection

Various Items, c1950 - 1988

 Series
Reference code: 178Z30
Scope and Contents

Letters, stationery, performance material and press material relating to magicians of the mid-twentieth century, particularly Hamilton Kaye.

Dates: c1950 - 1988
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Hamilton Kaye Collection

Various Items, c1920 - 1955

 Series
Reference code: 178Z66
Scope and Contents

Various items related to the Biddall showman family.

Dates: c1920 - 1955
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / George McIndoe Collection

Various Items, c1895 - 1920

 Series — Box Fred Holmes Box 2: Series 178K38; Series 178T31; Series 178Z31
Reference code: 178Z31
Scope and Contents

Collection of Various Items mainly relating to Jasper Redfern's Motion Pictures, as well as other entertainments and events.

Dates: c1895 - 1920
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Fred Holmes Collection

Various Items, c1800 - 2019

 Series
Reference code: 178Z50
Scope and Contents

A range of circus related items related to Hassan Ali, Adha Issacs Menken, Barnum and Bailey, funeral items, illustrations of circus parades, circus tickets, discount vouchers and booking forms, circus themed stickers, famous clown clay models, circus themed jigsaw puzzles, circus model figures, comics books and children's books, Circus Friends Association related material, Montecarlo Circus Festival related items, Jesse Fossett's throwing knives and other items.

Dates: c1800 - 2019
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection

Various Items of Ephemera, c1800 - 2016

 Series
Reference code: 178Z64
Scope and Contents

Various items related to George Walter Poole, Wilton's Music Hall, Henry James Mayer, Alexander Billington, James Upton Printers, Gompertz's panorama show, Poole's Myriorama and Diorama shows and Messrs Strange and Wilson Ghost show. Also includes a theatrical clock with two figures on the sides attracting customers.

Dates: c1800 - 2016
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Bill Barnes Collection

Various Items Related to Variety, c1837 - 2008

 Series
Reference code: 178Z28
Scope and Contents

Various items related to variety theatre in Blackpool and other locations.

Dates: c1837 - 2008
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Cyril Critchlow Collection

Various Material, c1940 - 1950

 Series
Reference code: 178Z72
Scope and Contents

Includes miscellaneous printed material, compiled by Ruth Manning-Sanders.

Dates: c1940 - 1950
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Ruth Manning-Sanders Collection

Various Newspaper Cuttings, 1939 - 1970

 File — Box Lulu Adams Box 4: Series 178F16; Series 178G5; Series 178H10; Series 178K34; Series 178T26; Series 178Z23
Reference code: 178G5.6
Scope and Contents

Newspaper cuttings on various topics.

Dates: 1939 - 1970
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Lulu Adams Collection / Newspaper Cuttings

Various Newspaper Cuttings About Billy Bellhouse, 1932, 2016

 File
Reference code: 178G15.1
Scope and Contents

Newspaper reports from Budapest with translations, one Newspaper from Poznan, Poland, one letter, original and one photocopy, also a cutting from The Star about family chip shop closing down.

Dates: 1932; 2016
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Billy Bellhouse Collection / Newspaper Cuttings

Various Newspapers and Newspaper Cuttings, 1927 - 2007

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178G21.1
Scope and Contents Newspapers and newspaper cuttings relating to circus news and performers, including the Sunday Mercury Special, The Evening Mail, Circus News Illustrated, Late Circus News Flashes, Leisure Life, The World's Fair, Danmark Kina, Soviet Weekly,The Advertiser, The Yorkshire Herald, The Yorkshire Post, The Sun, The Guardian and other main stream newspapers, including articles on Norman Barrett, Boswell Circus, Coco, Bertram Mills Circus, Belle Vue, Barrett's Circus, Robert Gandey's Circus Chinese...
Dates: 1927 - 2007
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Newspaper Cuttings and Scapbooks

VAT Return Accounting Service Financial Information`, 21 June - 7 September 2005

 File — Box Marisa Carnesky Box 7: Series 178H39
Reference code: 178H39.87
Scope and Contents

Includes related invoices, budget outline, receipts and remittance advice.

Dates: 21 June - 7 September 2005
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Marisa Carnesky Collection / Business Records / Ghost Train Show Business Records

Vaudevile Theatre Programme, 1953

 Item
Reference code: 178K27.86
Scope and Contents

Strand, London. Red Headed Blonde a farcical comedy by Val Guest. Contains photograph of act. Published by Payne Jennings & Killing Ltd., Gloucester House 19 Charing Cross Rd., W.C. Printed by John Waddington (Stoke Newington) Ltd., London N16, 8p.p.

Dates: 1953
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Cyril Critchlow Collection / Programmes for Circus, Magic and Variety Shows

Venezianische Messe Ludwigsburg programme, 12 - 14 September 1997

 Item
Reference code: 178K48.1
Scope and Contents

Ludwigsburg, Germany. Colour photograph of two people in costume with a white border on a black background and white type with the event logo on the front cover, inside white, black and cream pages with running order, introduction, black and white and colour photographs, and descriptions of each act and commercial advertising, featuring Skinning the Cat on page.

Dates: 12 - 14 September 1997
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Skinning the Cat Collection / Programmes

Venice in Dublin Poster, 4 July 1892

 Item
Reference code: 178R53.11
Scope and Contents Round Room Rotunda, Dublin Poole's Pictorial Tours, Darkest Africa, Meeting of H.M. Stanley and Emin Pasha, The Falls of Niagara, London day by day, Ireland, Sydney, The British fleet past and present, Poole's consolidated variety confederation, Miss Jessie Arnelli, musical act, Herr Blitz, Miss May Finch, Mr Felix Somers, Messrs Lisburn and O'Marr, Mr Willie Boatman, Poole's vocal quartette party, Mr Fred Mayer. Black type on orange background, printed on front and reverse. Printed by...
Dates: 4 July 1892
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Bill Barnes Collection / Posters

Venus Rising from the Sea Handbill, c1846

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.27
Scope and Contents

Venus Rising from the Sea, at Hall of Rome, Windmill Street, Haymarket. 'New female model who will personate Venus Rising from the sea'. Printed by J.W. Peel’s Steam Press, 74, New Cut, Lambeth, opposite the Victoria Theatre.

Dates: c1846
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / John Bramwell Taylor Collection / Handbills / Piccadilly, Piccadilly Hall and Haymarket Handbills

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