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Showwoman

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 464 Collections and/or Records:

Surrey County Council Opposition Book, 1931

 Item — Box Showmen's Guild Box 4: Series 178H40
Reference code: 178H40.18
Scope and Contents

Surrey County Council arrangement of sections containing information about lands, protection of streams, establishments for massage and special treatment, control of public entertainments, sale of coke, moveable dwellings, road, town planning and amenities, Barnes Street works, finance and miscellaneous information with inserted Showmen's Guild petitions to the Council and related correspondence. Typescript.

Dates: 1931

T-Shirt, c2022 - 2023

 Item — Box Showmen's Mental Health Charity Box 1: Series 178C142; Series 178H42; Series 178I32; Series 178O3; Series 178Z74
Reference code: 178I32.8
Scope and Contents

White t-shirt, produced to promote The Showmen's Mental Health Awareness Charity. Includes the charity logo in black on the front, and the following black text on the reverse: 'Break the Stigma'. Size XS.

Dates: c2022 - 2023

TAB Magazine, November 1951

 File — Box Norman Family Box 6: Series 178C144; Series 178E18; Series 178G22; Series 178Q4; Series 178R60; Series 178Z25
Reference code: 178G22.33
Scope and Contents

Copy of TAB Magazine: The Pocket Picture Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 4. Cover missing. Includes an article, illustrated with six black and white photographs of Hal and Olga Denver's knife throwing act titled, 'Hatchet Man' on pages 4-9.

Dates: November 1951

Tables of Fairs and Development Plans, c1951 - 1953

 Item — Box Showmen's Guild Box 9: Series 178H40
Reference code: 178H40.49
Scope and Contents

Large ringbinder with metal spine containing tabulated records of fairs across the UK locations, dates and types of fairs and records of development plans, remarks and actions. Typescript and manuscript.

Dates: c1951 - 1953

Taunton Corportation Oppostion Book, 1931

 Item — Box Showmen's Guild Box 5: Series 178H40
Reference code: 178H40.19
Scope and Contents

Taunton Corporation arrangement of sections containing information about acquisition of lands, waterworks and water supply, markets, streets, buildings, sewers and drains, infectious disease and sanitary matters, common lodging houses, twon planning, police, electricity, extension of boundaries, financial and miscellaneous provisions with inserted petitions from the Showmen's Guild and related correspondence. Typescript.

Dates: 1931

Tea and Wellbeing Day Flyer, 18 April [2023]

 Item — Box Showmen's Mental Health Charity Box 1: Series 178C142; Series 178H42; Series 178I32; Series 178O3; Series 178Z74
Reference code: 178I32.2
Scope and Contents

Printed flyer advertising The Showmen's Mental Health Awareness Charity Tea and Talk Wellbeing Day, produced in collaboration with the Scottish section of The Showmen's Guild. White text on pink background, and illustrated with a colour image of three people standing in front of a tea and cake stall, 1pp.

Dates: 18 April [2023]

Teaching Material, 2023

 Series
Reference code: 178O3
Scope and Contents

Training pack for Mental Health Liaison Officers for Showmen's Guild representatives, produced by The Showmen's Mental Health Awareness Charity in partnership with Epic Assist Charity Scotland.

Dates: 2023

Testo Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0032
Scope and Contents

This collection comprises photographs, business records, articles, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, advertising material, family research and items of personal archive related to the Testo family history in the fairground and circus

Dates: 1898 - 1999

Testo Family History Monographs, c1960 - 1989

 File
Reference code: 178B16.2
Scope and Contents

The story of Felix Testot, Magician, and founder of the Testo family in England (with a brief history of his descendants up to 1993). A portion of the Testo Family History. Alfred Testo’s Career by ‘Golga’ Jeffreys (his daughter). The Chipperfields’ Story: being a summary of items in the history of the Chipperfield family from 1803 and the connections with the Testo family (Harriet Sophia Jeffreys and Vic Jeffreys). Typescript.

Dates: c1960 - 1989

The Denvers Press Release, c1947 - 1956

 Item — Box Norman Family Box 1: Series 178B19; Series 178I13
Reference code: 178B19.9
Scope and Contents

A press release from Music Corporation of America, New York, describing how Olga Frei-Denver was persuaded to stay in the partnership after her first performance, typescript, 1p.

Dates: c1947 - 1956

The Denvers: the Knife Throwing Denvers, Aiming to Thrill Poster Scrap, c1930 - 1960

 Item — Box Norman Family Box 4: Series 178K36; Series 178L9; Series 178P5; Series 178Q4; Series 178T29; Series 178Z25
Reference code: 178Z25.11
Scope and Contents

Scrap torn from a blue and red poster, with text reading ‘The Denvers: the knife throwing Denvers, aiming to thrill’; 1p.

Dates: c1930 - 1960

The Living Album Project Records, 2006

 File — Box Michelle Leonard Box 5: Series 178H41; Series 178U12
Reference code: 178H41.6
Scope and Contents

Booklets and postcards related to The Living Album a Hampshire's Gypsy and travellers heritage project and exhibition.

Dates: 2006

The Monte Williams Showmen Research Material, 1898 - 1953

 Item
Reference code: 178B36.9
Scope and Contents

Parish and civil records, newspaper articles and advertisements relating to the Monte Williams Showmen and the Randall Williams Cinematograph Show, with additional information by the researcher, 27 p.p.

Dates: 1898 - 1953

The Sensational Denvers: Aiming to Thrill Press Releases, c1947 - 1956

 Item — Box Norman Family Box 1: Series 178B19; Series 178I13
Reference code: 178B19.11
Scope and Contents

Pages issued by Press Relations Department, Music Corporation of America, New York, with a list of engagements and six different press releases about Hall Denvers’ knife throwing act, which he performed with his partner Olga Denver, typescript, 8pp.

Dates: c1947 - 1956

The Sensational Denvers Photograph, c1930 - 1948

 Item — Box Norman Family Box 4: Series 178K36; Series 178L9; Series 178P5; Series 178Q4; Series 178T29; Series 178Z25
Reference code: 178Z25.9
Scope and Contents

Black and white photograph of the Denvers’ act, titled ‘The Sensational Denvers’ and with the Music Corporation of America logo stuck across the base of the picture; shows signs of retouching with ball-point pen, and of an oval shape having been stuck over the figure of Ella, Hal's partner at the time, 1p.

Dates: c1930 - 1948

The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0054
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1904 - 2023

The Showmen's Guild Safety Scheme, 29 October 1985

 Item — Box Showmen's Guild Box 8: Series 178H40
Reference code: 178H40.45
Scope and Contents

Orange spiral bound booklet containing information on the history of the Showmen's Guild safety scheme, actions, code of practice and guidance notes, costs, rules, information about engineers, advantages and disadvantages of the scheme, legal system and conclusion.

Dates: 29 October 1985

The Showmen's Guild Year Books, 1900 - 2003

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178H40.54-106
Scope and Contents

Showmen's Guild year books containing minutes of meetings, financial information, membership information, articles of interest, rules and legislation, lists of members and various forms.

Dates: 1900 - 2003

The Showmen's Year Book, 1947

 Item — Box Showmen's Guild Box 12: Series 178H40
Reference code: 178H40.68
Scope and Contents Contains a list of the members of the Central Council, black and white photographs of presidents, vice-presidents, treasurer and secretary of the Guild, rules of the Showmen's Guild and section bye-laws, rules of the central and branches benevolent funds, standing orders, the fifty-seventh annual report, the Showmen's Guild statement of accounts, the accounts of the Emergency and Benevolent Funds, reports by Guild section including finances and lists of member subscriptions, list of honorary...
Dates: 1947

The Showmen's Year Book, 1900

 Item — Box Showmen's Guild Box 12: Series 178H40
Reference code: 178H40.69
Scope and Contents

Copy produced from photocopies of the original. Contains a preface, a list of the members of the Executive Committee, Honorary Members and Committee members, rules, an article titled an Appreciation of the Life and Work of our Late President James Dean, a list of fairs, feasts and wakes, a piece about rounds and routes in England for the use of Showmen, a synopsis of bye-laws and commercial advertising.

Dates: 1900