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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1142 Collections and/or Records:

Showmen's Guild Diary, 1948

 Item — Box Showmen's Guild Box 7: Series 178H40
Reference code: 178H40.32
Scope and Contents

Diary containing annotations concerning the day-to-day running of the Guild and some financial information. Manuscript.

Dates: 1948
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain Collection / Business Records / Showmen's Guild Diaries

Showmen's Guild Diary, 1949

 Item — Box Showmen's Guild Box 7: Series 178H40
Reference code: 178H40.33
Scope and Contents

Diary containing annotations concerning the day-to-day running of the Guild and some financial information. Manuscript.

Dates: 1949
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain Collection / Business Records / Showmen's Guild Diaries

Showmen's Guild Diary, 1950

 Item — Box Showmen's Guild Box 7: Series 178H40
Reference code: 178H40.34
Scope and Contents

Diary containing annotations concerning the day-to-day running of the Guild. Manuscript.

Dates: 1950
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain Collection / Business Records / Showmen's Guild Diaries

Showmen's Guild Diary, 1951

 Item — Box Showmen's Guild Box 7: Series 178H40
Reference code: 178H40.35
Scope and Contents

Diary containing annotations concerning the day-to-day running of the Guild, contains financial information. Manuscript.

Dates: 1951
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain Collection / Business Records / Showmen's Guild Diaries

Showmen's Guild Diary, 1952

 Item — Box Showmen's Guild Box 7: Series 178H40
Reference code: 178H40.36
Scope and Contents

Diary containing annotations concerning the day-to-day running of the Guild, contains financial information. Manuscript.

Dates: 1952
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain Collection / Business Records / Showmen's Guild Diaries

Showmen's Guild Diary, 1953

 Item — Box Showmen's Guild Box 7: Series 178H40
Reference code: 178H40.37
Scope and Contents

Diary containing annotations concerning the day-to-day running of the Guild, contains financial information. Manuscript.

Dates: 1953
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain Collection / Business Records / Showmen's Guild Diaries

Showmen's Guild Diary, 1955

 Item — Box Showmen's Guild Box 8: Series 178H40
Reference code: 178H40.38
Scope and Contents

Diary containing annotations concerning the day-to-day running of the Guild, contains financial information. Manuscript.

Dates: 1955
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain Collection / Business Records / Showmen's Guild Diaries

Showmen's Guild Diary, 1956

 Item — Box Showmen's Guild Box 8: Series 178H40
Reference code: 178H40.39
Scope and Contents

Diary containing annotations concerning the day-to-day running of the Guild. Manuscript.

Dates: 1956
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain Collection / Business Records / Showmen's Guild Diaries

Showmen's Guild Diary, 1957

 Item — Box Showmen's Guild Box 8: Series 178H40
Reference code: 178H40.40
Scope and Contents

Diary containing annotations concerning the day-to-day running of the Guild. Manuscript.

Dates: 1957
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain Collection / Business Records / Showmen's Guild Diaries

Showmen's Guild Diary, 1958

 Item — Box Showmen's Guild Box 8: Series 178H40
Reference code: 178H40.41
Scope and Contents

Diary containing annotations concerning the day-to-day running of the Guild. Manuscript.

Dates: 1958
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain Collection / Business Records / Showmen's Guild Diaries

Showmen's Guild Diary, 1959

 Item — Box Showmen's Guild Box 8: Series 178H40
Reference code: 178H40.42
Scope and Contents

Diary containing annotations concerning the day-to-day running of the Guild. Manuscript.

Dates: 1959
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain Collection / Business Records / Showmen's Guild Diaries

Showmen's Guild Diary, 1960

 Item — Box Showmen's Guild Box 8: Series 178H40
Reference code: 178H40.43
Scope and Contents

Diary containing annotations concerning the day-to-day running of the Guild. Manuscript.

Dates: 1960
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain Collection / Business Records / Showmen's Guild Diaries

Showmen's Guild of Great Britain Item, 12 November 1986

 Item
Reference code: 178Z19.1
Scope and Contents

Showmen's Guild of Great Britain with Mss notes on reverse.

Dates: 12 November 1986
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Bill Weeks Collection / Various Items

Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain Membership Card, 1927

 Item
Reference code: 178Z7.3
Scope and Contents

Yorkshire section membership card.

Dates: 1927
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / George Tucker Collection / Various

Showmen's Guild Records , 1942 - 1950

 File
Reference code: 178H43.3
Scope and Contents

Three Showmen's Guild membership cards, a letter adressed about arrangements for Doncaster fair and two receipts, one for the payment of a stall.

Dates: 1942 - 1950
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / H.F. Pinder Collection / Business Records

Showmen's Guild Scrapbook, 1935 - 1954

 Item — Box Showmen's Guild Box 19: Series 178G65
Reference code: 178G65.4
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook containing Guild news, articles on licences, Second World War, legislation, goods vehicles, transport, taxes, fairs, Newcastle Town Moor festival, Blackpool Bill, annual dinners and galas, Glasgow Fair and Pat Collins from various newspapers.

Dates: 1935 - 1954
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain Collection / Newspaper Cuttings and Scrapbooks

Showmen's Guild Scrapbook, 1934 - 1972

 Item — Box Showmen's Guild Box 19: Series 178G65
Reference code: 178G65.5
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook containing news about changes and the demise of the British fairground, Pat Collins, the Second World War, living wagons, the circus and Bertram Mills from various newspapers.

Dates: 1934 - 1972
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain Collection / Newspaper Cuttings and Scrapbooks

Showmen's Guild Scrapbook, 1934

 Item — Box Showmen's Guild Box 20: Series 178G65
Reference code: 178G65.6
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook containing Guild news, articles on legislation, the deaths of Ben Hobson and William Savage, vehicles, transport, gramophones and playing music, betting, various licences, coconut shies, legislation, Stevenage Fair, news from the Scottish section and the history of the Guild from various newspapers.

Dates: 1934
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain Collection / Newspaper Cuttings and Scrapbooks

Showmen's Guild Scrapbook, 1926 - 1929

 Item — Box Showmen's Guild Box 20: Series 178G65
Reference code: 178G65.7
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook containing news on taxation, roads, gaming and gambling, women working at the fair, Mitcham Fair, Nottingham Goose Fair, legislation, transport, circus, charitable donations, accidents and safety at the fair, coconut shies and Whimsical Walker's retirement from various newspapers.

Dates: 1926 - 1929
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain Collection / Newspaper Cuttings and Scrapbooks

Showmen's Health Project Community Survey Leaflet, 2022

 Item — Box Showmen's Mental Health Charity Box 1: Series 178C142; Series 178H42; Series 178I32; Series 178O3; Series 178Z74
Reference code: 178I32.1
Scope and Contents

Two copies of a printed leaflet, advertising the Showmen's Health Project Community Survey, produced by Anglia Ruskin University in partnership with The Showmen's Mental Health Awareness Charity. Yellow, blue and white paper, illustrated with a drawing of a fairground and photograph, 1p.

Dates: 2022
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Showmen's Mental Health Awareness Charity Collection / Advertising Material

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