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.

Stockton Hippodrome. Billy Eaves, Sandy Daw, Harry Dawson, Edina Mason, Eddie Bewicke, Gilda Russell, Kathleen Laing, Jose Mykova, Griff Kendall, John Hammond, Regal Girls, Aerial Kenways and Carillon Girls Choir. Red and blue.

Variety and Music Hall poster printed by Taylor's of Wombwell.

Pantomime posters printed by Taylor's of Wombwell.

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

Palace, Newcsatle-on-Tyne. Dickie Arnold, Jimmy Edmundson, Norma Barry, Eileen Keegan, Anthony Tuppen, Keefe Bros. and Annette, Lynda Johnson, Mickie Warren, Jimmy Warren, Charles Stirling, Derek Lawrence, Francis Langford’s 10 Singing Scholars, Whiteleys, 10 Zio Angels, 10 Rosslyn Babes, Scott’s Sea Lions, 3 Burgess Bros. Contains colour illustration.

John Bate Choir and Chanticleer Orchestra. Blue and red.

City Varieties, Leeds. Harry Secombe, Des King, Helen Foster, The Song Spinners. Red and blue type on white background.

Variety and Music Hall poster printed by Taylor's of Wombwell, including pantomimes and wrestling shows in theatre venues.