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Harrogate Showfield. Shaw. Blue and red type on yellow background.

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Morton Lane car park. Shaw. Waltzer, dodgems, speedway, Noah’s Ark, Twist. Red and blue type on yellow background.

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Morton Lane car park. Shaw. Waltzer, dodgems, Noah’s Ark, Twist. Red and blue type on white background.

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Morton Lane car park. Shaw. Waltzer, Noah’s Ark. Red and blue type on white background.

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Morton Lane car park. Shaw. Noah’s Ark, Speedway. Red and blue type on white background.

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Shaw. Waltzer, Speedway. Red and blue type on yellow background.

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Shaw. Waltzer, Speedway. Red and blue type on white background.

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Shaw. Waltzer, Moonwalk, Haunted Castle. Red and blue type on white background.

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Shaw. Waltzer, Moonwalk, Haunted Castle. Red and black type on yellow background.

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Shaw. The Moonwalk, Waltzer, dodgems, speedway, Noah’s Ark, Twist. Red and blue type on white background.

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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.

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Shaw. Noah’s Ark, Moonwalk, Speedway. Red and black type on yellow background.

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Shaw’s Trailer Park, Knaresbrough. Shaw. Blue and purple type on yellow background.

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Shaw’s Trailer Park, Knaresbrough. Shaw. Waltzer, Moonwalk. Red and black type on yellow background.

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Beverley Racecourse, Sheffield. Shaw. Red and blue type on white background.

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

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Photographic album containing black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, steam engines, living wagons, globe of death, fairground shows, circus and showpeople, including Holland, Pat Collins, Cox, Proctor, Corrigan, Shufflebottom, Shaw, Marshall, Waddington, Ling and Pullen at Nottingham Goose Fair, Hull Fair, Lincoln, Huddersfield and other locations and showmen with notes. Photographs taken and collected by Rowland Scott, 19p.p.

Scope and Contents Photographic album containing black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, fairground organs, boxing booths, steam engines and transport, Showpeople, circus and fairground shows including Murphy, Harniest, Deakin, Waddington, Anderton and Rowland, Silcock, Harry Lee, Shaw, Proctor, Reany, M.A. Collins and Tom Norman at Hull Fair, Northampton Fair, Stockport, Daisy Nook, Heaton Park, Oldham and other locations and showmen with notes. Photographs taken and collected by Rowland...

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Photographs, postcards and negatives of fairgrounds taken by Rowland Scott and other fairground enthusiasts.

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A collection of posters printed by Taylor's of Wombwell for music hall and variety, circus, pantomime and fairgrounds.