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Various newspaper cutting about event at the Hall by the Sea.

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Handbills for travelling shows, fairs, exhibitions and performances in London.

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Handbills for travelling shows, fairs, exhibitions and performances at venues outside London.

Scope and Contents The collection consists of handbills, programmes and small flyers for shows, fairs, expositions and circus performances in the nineteenth century. The circus material in the Bramwell Taylor Collection was sponsored by the Circus Friends Association of Great Britain and consists of material relating to 19th century touring circuses, individual acts and purpose built hippodromes such as Hengler’s Circus and Astley’s Amphitheatre. Additionally this collection also contains a small amount of...

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Margate. Under the personal direction of Mr & Mrs Arthur Reeve. Great Irish Night, skating and dancing carnival. Black type on pale brown paper. Printed by The Electric Press, Margate.

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Margate. Under the personal direction of Mr & Mrs Arthur Reeve. Great Irish Night, skating and dancing carnival. Black type on pale brown paper. Printed by The Electric Press, Margate.

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Margate, Special programme for the Benefit of the Belgian Relief Fund. Colour illustration of a woman seating with a garland of fruit behind her and white doves on a maroon, orange and yellow background on the front cover, inside black type on white paper containing programme and commercial advertising, three fold. Printed by Electric Press, Margate, 3pp.

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Margate, Special programme for the Benefit of the Belgian Relief Fund, Colour illustration of a woman seating with a garland of fruit behind her and white doves on a maroon, orange and yellow background on the front cover, inside black type on white paper containing programme and commercial advertising, three fold. Printed by Electric Press, Margate, 3pp.

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Margate. Under the personal direction of Mr and Mrs Arthur Reeve. Circus, dancing, marvellous equestrian and gymnastic talent. Black type on green paper, printed on front and reverse. Printed by the Thanet Times Ltd.

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Margate. Under the personal direction of Mr and Mrs Arthur Reeve. Circus, dancing, marvellous equestrian and gymnastic talent. Black type on green paper, printed on front and reverse. Printed by the Thanet Times Ltd.

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Newspaper cuttings and scrapbooks related to Showmen's transport, trade related bye-laws and general Showmen's news from various newspapers and publications.

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Newspaper cuttings related to George Sanger's circus and business.

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Photographs and postcards of Alton Towers, Chessington World of Adverntures, Crystal Palace and Thorpe Park, showing sites, rides and other amusements.

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Gardens and pleasure grounds at Hulme, Manchester. Folio from book containing advertising for garden and pleasure grounds, Peel Park, Salford. On reverse contains adverts including one for Lea & Perrins, 2pp.

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George Sanger Circus and Hall by the Sea programmes.

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Various photocopies relating to Margate, Dreamland, Hall by the Sea, Sanger Circus and animal performance.

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Black and white and some colour photographs, negatives, handbills, programmes and other items of ephemera relating George Sanger's circus and the Hall by the Sea.

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This collection contains black and white photographs of George Sanger's Circus, photocopies of newspaper cuttings related to the Sanger Family and original drawings for costume designs by June Dick.

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Souvenir metal box from Hall by the Sea, finished in gold paint containing a black and white photograph head and shoulders portrait of George Sanger on a transparent plastic window, General Manager Gustavus Foster on the lead, on the bottom embossed scene showing plants, a bird and a fan.

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The main extent of the collection contains yearbooks, meetings and minutes, correspondence and a record of day to day activities within The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain.