Showman
Found in 1142 Collections and/or Records:
Audio Material, 1993
Copies of interviews with Showmen and women from the Nottingham and Derbyshire Sections of the Showmen's Guild of Great Britain recorded by Neil Calladine.
Audio Material, c1980 - 1994
Audio recordings concerning the life and career of knife thrower, Ralph Norman (aka Hal Denver).
B. Cole and Sons Carnival and Fun Fair Poster, c1980 - 1989
Poster left blank for overprinting location and date. Colour lithograph of general view of fun fair with ghost train on the foreground.
B. Cole and Sons Pleasure Fair Poster, Tuesday 15 - Saturday 19 July c1984
Eastleigh. Black type on fluorescent orange background.
B. Cole and Sons Pleasure Fair Poster, Tuesday 15 - Saturday 19 July c1984
Eastleigh. Black type on fluorescent orange background.
B. Cole and Sons Pleasure Fair Poster, Friday 1 - Saturday 9 June c1984
Pennington Common, Lymington. Black type on fluorescent orange background.
B. Cole and Sons Pleasure Fair Poster, Tuesday 9 - Saturday 13 June c1987
Mansell Park, Millbrook Estate, Southampton. Black type over fluorescent orange background with bird’s eye view of fair in black on bottom section.
Badge, c2022 - 2023
Two metal badges, promoting The Showmen's Mental Health Awareness Charity. Pink badge, with the logo of The Showmen's Mental Health Awareness Charity.
Barking Park Fun Fair Poster, 9 - 18 September c1975
Holland. Red and blue type on white background.
Barking Park Grand Fair Poster, 18 - 27 September c1975
Rishforth Road car park. Armstrong. Red and blue type on white background.
Bernard M. Wooley Ltd Theatrical and Variety Agents Syllabus of Attractions, 1951
Bertram Mills' Circus at Olympia Programme, 21 December 1927 - 24 January 1928
Colour illustration of Astley performing an equestrian act in 1827 and black and white illlustration of a recreation act on bottom of page on decorative cover, inside elephant's head covered in Spanish head dress and net and holding a tamborin with its trunk on a yellow background on the front cover, inside black and white photographs and illustrations of performers and acts with text, various articles and commercial advertising, 24p.p
Bertram Mills Circus Programmes, c1900 - 1999
Bertram Mills Circus programmes at Olympia and travelling shows.
Bertram Mills Circus Royal and Gala Performance Programmes, Great Carmo, Bostock and Wombwell's, and Bailey's Circus Programmes, c1900 - 1999
Bertram Mills Circus Royal and Gala Performance programmes, Great Carmo's Circus, Bostock and Wombwell's menagerie and Bailey's Circus programmes.
Beverley Fun Fair Poster, 1 - 2 October c1975
Morton Lane car park. Shaw. Waltzer, dodgems, speedway, Noah’s Ark, Twist. Red and blue type on yellow background.
Beverley Fun Fair Poster, 3 - 4 October c1975
Morton Lane car park. Shaw. Waltzer, dodgems, Noah’s Ark, Twist. Red and blue type on white background.
Beverley Summer Fair Poster, 9 - 10 July c1975
Morton Lane car park. Shaw. Waltzer, Noah’s Ark. Red and blue type on white background.
Beverley Summer Fair Poster, 15 - 16 July c1975
Morton Lane car park. Shaw. Noah’s Ark, Speedway. Red and blue type on white background.
Bibliography, c1994 - 2000
Photocopy of Travelling communities, showmen and gypsy wagons, language, autobiographies/biographies of showmen; general history, individual fairs, fairground equipment and art, fairground transport, bioscopes and other shows, freak shows, menageries, fairground organs, general photographic history by Vanessa Toulmin.
Biddall Family Photographs, c1880 - 1949
Black and white photographs and postcards related to the Biddall faiground showman family, including images of Funny Joe the clown, bioscope shows and fairground rides belonging to the family. Also contains a group photograph portraying three men in uniform.