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Showwoman

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 456 Collections and/or Records:

Harry Russell Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0082
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs of Oxfordshire Fairs, Showmen and preservation societies.

Dates: c1970 - 1999

Heath Common Easter Fair Poster, Easter Monday and Tuesday c1975

 Item
Reference code: 178R11.956
Scope and Contents

Leeds Road Football Ground, Wakefield. Showmen’s Guild, Yorkshire Section. Red and blue type on yellow background.

Dates: Easter Monday and Tuesday c1975

Hendon and Edmonton Opposition Book, 1928 - 1929

 Item — Box Showmen's Guild Box 4: Series 178H40
Reference code: 178H40.17
Scope and Contents

Hendon Urban District Council arrangement of sections containing information about extensions of existing districts, streets, buildings, sewage and drains, infectious disease and sanitary provisions, parks, baths, public buildings, lands, street trading, financial and miscellaneous with added petitions to the Council from the Showmen's Guild including correspondence related to the petitions. Typescript with some handwritten annotations.

Dates: 1928 - 1929

Hodson Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0098
Scope and Contents

Photographs, newspaper cuttings, programmes, memoirs and other items relating to the Hodson family travelling theatre. Also includes family history research material.

Dates: 1828 - 1977

Housk Randall Photo, c2000

 Item — Box Marisa Carnesky Box 14: Series 178G29
Reference code: 178G29.26
Scope and Contents

Black and white photo of lady by Housk Randall.

Dates: c2000

Huddersfield Easter Fair Poster, 23 - 29 March c1975

 Item
Reference code: 178R11.945
Scope and Contents

Leeds Road Football Ground. Showmen’s Guild, Yorkshire Section. Red type on white background.

Dates: 23 - 29 March c1975

Huddersfield Easter Fair Poster, 7 - 13 April c1975

 Item
Reference code: 178R11.957
Scope and Contents

The Showmen’s Guild, Yorkshire Section. Red and blue type on white background.

Dates: 7 - 13 April c1975

Hull Fair Project Collection

 Collection
Reference code: NFA0071
Scope and Contents

Research material used for the Hull Fair Project exhibition and DVD including audio visual material, digitised images, oral history and transcripts.

Dates: c1800 - 2005

I Want to Help, c2023

 Item
Reference code: 178D26.2
Scope and Contents Born-digital film titled, 'I Want to Help', written and produced by The Showmen's Theatre Company for The Showmen's Mental Health Awareness Charity. The film shows members of the showman community reciting a poem, followed by details of the services offered by The Showmen's Mental Health Awareness Charity. Includes contributions from Joe Plant, Xenna Murphy, Mason Holmes, Wheatley Harris, Candace Thomas, Gavin Wright, Sam Hickey, Samantha Henson, Bradley Wright, Natalie Cowie-Kayes,...
Dates: c2023

In Fair Health? A Pilot Study of the Health and Wellbeing of Travelling Showpeople, October 2023

 Item — Box Showmen's Mental Health Charity Box 1: Series 178C142; Series 178H42; Series 178I32; Series 178O3; Series 178Z74
Reference code: 178H42.1
Scope and Contents First phase summary report titled 'In Fair Health? A Pilot Study of the Health and Wellbeing Status of Travelling Showpeople in Two Locales', written by Professor Margaret Greenfields, Sheldon Chadwick, Dr David Smith and Sophie Coker. The report presents initial findings a research project undertaken by The Showmen's Mental Health Awareness Charity in partnership with Anglia Ruskin University. It was the first known study of the health status, needs and perceptions of wellbeing for...
Dates: October 2023

Inspection Certificates, 1977 - 1978

 Item — Box Showmen's Guild Box 6: Series 178H40
Reference code: 178H40.21
Scope and Contents Green ringbinder containing records of inspection certificates by ride type including juveniles, dodgems, cyclones, paratroopers, waltzers, adult swings, gallopers, chairoplanes, zig zags, skids, buzz bombd, autodromes, monorails, dive bombers, speedways, jets, fun houses, scramble twists, swirls, moon rockets, flying saurcers, super satellites, ghost trains, big wheels, arks, tristars, flying coasters, helter skelters, swing gyms, twists, slips, octopuses, haunted houses, rifle ranges,...
Dates: 1977 - 1978

Interview with June Dick, 6 August 2018

 Item
Reference code: 178D21.1
Scope and Contents

Interview with June Dick, descendant of Lord George Sanger about the Sanger family history. Interview conducted by Professor Vanessa Toulmin and NFCA staff. Rushes. Filmed by NFCA staff. 8 x MP4 files , 42 mins.

Dates: 6 August 2018

Interview with Kate Smart, 1981 - 1982, 25 February 1982, 21 January 1981

 Item
Reference code: 178E.1
Scope and Contents

Interview with Mrs Kate Smart, Mr Buller Hatwell and other showmen/women conducted by Rod Spooner at Barnt Green and Cassington on cassette tape format. First four people interviewed on 25 February 1982 at George Smart’s house, Barnt Green, Birmingham. Buller Hatwell interviewed at Cassington, nr. Oxford on 21 January 1981.

Dates: 1981 - 1982; 25 February 1982; 21 January 1981

Interview with Margaret Bird (nee) Shufflebottom, 15 June 1993

 Item
Reference code: 178E4.1
Scope and Contents

Interview with Margaret Bird, formerly Mrs Margaret Waddington (nee) Shufflebottom. Interview conducted by Brian Steptoe at Bramerton, Norfolk. Audio casette recording and ten pages typed transcript. Copy of original. Digitised as part of the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage project led by the British Library 2021.

Dates: 15 June 1993

Interview with Showman John Ling , 1991

 Item
Reference code: 178E1.1
Scope and Contents

John Ling’s memories of a travelling life, recorded by Stephen Smith on cassette tape format.

Dates: 1991

Invoices and Receipts, 1931 - 1956

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178H26.1
Scope and Contents

Invoices and receipts related to the Dobson family business in the fairground, including correspondence with the Showmen's Guild, the purchase of a juvenile ride, application for ground at Birmingham Onion Fair and market and fair tolls.

Dates: 1931 - 1956

Jack Leeson Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0019
Scope and Contents

Photographs and negatives, both collected and taken by him as well as notebooks with detailed lists of every fair visited. Jack Leeson used an elaborate system of cross-referencing which match the photographs and Jack's account of the fair. Also included are letters, scrapbooks and a collection of records of fairground music and some fairground models.

Dates: 1949 - 1992

Jack Wilkinson Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0168
Scope and Contents Black and white and colour photographs and negatives of fairgrounds, fairground organs, steam engines and other transportation systems with annotations by Jack Wilkinson and other sources, such as William Keating, James Davidson, Philip Bradley and Jack Mellor, as well as notebooks, scrapbooks, journals, books, correspondence, research material, audio tapes of fairground organ music and some 3D items including Jack's recording equipment and a model of a fairground organ. Jack Wilkinson’s...
Dates: c1900 - 1979

Jimmy Williams Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0035
Scope and Contents

Black and white copy prints and negatives and three items of ephemera relating to the Williams family.

Dates: c1880 - 1972

Joe Hives Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0023
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs of fairground rides, transport, sideshows, boxing booths and showmen and women.

Dates: c1890 - 1979