Showman

Angram Bank, High Green Fun Fair Poster, 8 - 12 July c1975

Item

Reference code: 178R11.929

Scope and Contents

Farrar. Red and blue type on white background.

Dates: 8 - 12 July c1975

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Charles Taylor Collection / Posters / Oversize Fairground Posters Printed by Taylor's of Wombwell

Angram Bank, High Green Jubilee Feast Poster, 7 - 12 July 1977

Item

Reference code: 178R11.940

Scope and Contents

Farrar. Red and blue type on white background.

Dates: 7 - 12 July 1977

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Charles Taylor Collection / Posters / Oversize Fairground Posters Printed by Taylor's of Wombwell

Attercliffe Recreation Ground Fun Fair Poster, 15 - 24 July c1975

Item

Reference code: 178R11.930

Scope and Contents

Sheffield. Farrar. Red and blue type on yellow background.

Dates: 15 - 24 July c1975

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Charles Taylor Collection / Posters / Oversize Fairground Posters Printed by Taylor's of Wombwell

Charles Taylor Collection

Fonds

Reference code: NFA0069

Scope and Contents

The Charles Taylor collection is a fine example of Taylor’s of Wombwell printers’ posters, which highlight changes in printing techniques, fashion and taste within the popular entertainment industry. Included are examples of posters for pantomimes, fairs and circuses. The collection also contains handbills and other advertising material.

Dates: c1937 - 1989

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive

Orton and Spooner Collection

Fonds

Reference code: NFA0070

Scope and Contents

This collection contains a large selection of archives from the Orton and Spooner Company. The collection comprises photographs and cabinet card images showing carved work, structural work and classic painted work, 4 boxes of notes, invoices and clippings, 8 drawers of plans and blueprints, 2 folders of ride specifications and order forms, accounts books and a library of source books showing turn of the century art used by the artists in the company.

Dates: c1870 - 1969

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive

Oversize Fairground Posters Printed by Taylor's of Wombwell, c1974 - 1977

Sub-Series

Reference code: 178R11.900-974

Scope and Contents

Fairground posters printed by Taylor's of Wombwell, mainly for fairgrounds in Yorkshire, some presented by the Showmen's Guild Yorkshire Section.

Dates: c1974 - 1977

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Charles Taylor Collection / Posters

Photographic Album, 1937 - 1956

Item

Reference code: 178C57.13689

Scope and Contents Photographic album containing black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, fairground organs, steam engines, living wagons, wall of death, fairground shows and showpeople, including Corrigan, Marshall, J. Scott, Robinson, Tuby, Waddington, Butlin, Farrar, at Heckmondwyck Fair, Wakefield, Huddersfield, Holmfirth, Sheffield, Keighley, Dewsbury, Woodhouse Feast, Holbeck, Hull, Leeds and Harrogate and other locations and showmen with notes. Photographs taken and collected by...

Dates: 1937 - 1956

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Rowland Scott Collection / Photographs and Postcards

Photographic Album, 1948 - 1954

Item

Reference code: 178C57.13691

Scope and Contents

Photographic album containing black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, steam engines, living wagons, boxing, fairground shows, circus and showpeople, including Silcock, Manning, Holland, Waddington, Ling, Butlin, Farrar, Marshall and Pat Collins at Nottingham Goose Fair, Chorley Fair and Southport and other locations and showmen with notes. Photographs taken and collected by Rowland Scott, 16p.p.

Dates: 1948 - 1954

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Rowland Scott Collection / Photographs and Postcards

Photographic Album, 1908 - 1956

Item

Reference code: 178C57.13692

Scope and Contents

Photographic album containing black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, fairground organs, steam engines, living wagons, fairground shows, boxing, wall of death and showpeople, including Holland, Farrar, Warren, Ling, Hibble & Mellor, Tuby, Wroot, Marshall and other showmen at Lincoln Fair with notes. Photographs taken and collected by Rowland Scott, 20p.p.

Dates: 1908 - 1956