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Wall of death

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 67 Collections and/or Records:

Photographs, c1930 - 1959

 Series
Reference code: 178C69
Scope and Contents

Photographs of Alma and Skid Skinner.

Dates: c1930 - 1959

Photographs and Negatives, 1929 - 1960

 Series
Reference code: 178C59
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs and negatives related to Billy Bellhouse career as a wall of death and dirt track rider.

Dates: 1929 - 1960

Photographs and Postcards, c1899 - 1969

 Series
Reference code: 178C57
Scope and Contents

Photographs, postcards and negatives of fairgrounds taken by Rowland Scott and other fairground enthusiasts.

Dates: c1899 - 1969

Photographs Related to Alma Skinner and Skid Skinner, c1930 - 1959

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178C69.1-633
Scope and Contents

Black and white and sepia photographs relating to Alma Skinner (Johnson) and Skid Skinner and their Wall of Death activities. Copies from the original albums belonging to Alma Skinner.

Dates: c1930 - 1959

Plans, c1916 - 1939

 Series
Reference code: 178M15
Scope and Contents

Blueprints of electric parts for fairground rides supplied by Mather & Platt Ltd and Hackett & Co., Electrical Engineers to Orton and Spooner.

Dates: c1916 - 1939

Posters, c1930 - 1939

 Series
Reference code: 178R18
Scope and Contents

Alma and Skid Skinner wall of death posters.

Dates: c1930 - 1939

Programmes, c1933

 Series
Reference code: 178K6
Scope and Contents

Wall of death programmes featuring Billy Bellhouse performing in Budapest.

Dates: c1933

Receipts and Takings Books, 1929 - 1939

 File
Reference code: 178H5.1
Scope and Contents

Receipts and takings books for Billy Bellhouse. Includes receipts for stays in Gibraltar, application for work with Sheffield Corporation Tramways and contract for riding a Wall of Death in Budapest. Manuscript and typescript.

Dates: 1929 - 1939

Ronald Allen Taylor Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0015
Scope and Contents

The collection contains photographs in twenty two albums taken by Taylor and other photographers, correspondence and a number of catalogues including his Dodgem research material.

Dates: c1900 - 1991

Rowland Scott Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0037
Scope and Contents

Photographs related to all aspects of British travelling fairgrounds including; rides, transport, living wagons, showpeople, fairground shows, circuses and organs by Rowland Scott and other authors, a selection of manuscripts by Rowland Scott and a small amount of correspondence.

Dates: c1899 - 1989

Sciana Smierci Handbill, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178T5.3
Scope and Contents

Wall of death handbills featuring Billy Bellhouse's performance at Poznan, Poland. Contain illustrations and text. 1p.

Dates: c1930 - 1939

Sciana Smierci Handbill, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178T5.5
Scope and Contents

Wall of death handbills featuring Billy Bellhouse's performance at Poznan, Poland. One of the items contains handwritten note. Contain illustrations and text. 1p.

Dates: c1930 - 1939

Sciana Smierci Handbill, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178T5.6
Scope and Contents

Wall of death handbills featuring Billy Bellhouse's performance at Poznan, Poland. Contain illustrations and text. 1p.

Dates: c1930 - 1939

Sciana Smierci Handbill, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178T5.7
Scope and Contents

Wall of death handbills featuring Billy Bellhouse's performance at Poznan, Poland. Contain illustrations and text. 1p.

Dates: c1930 - 1939

See! The Crazy Liverpool Girl Handbill, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178T5.2
Scope and Contents

Wall of death handbill featuring the Crazy Liverpool Girl, Fred Farrow and Cyclone Billy Bellhouse at Tower Gardens, New Brighton.

Dates: c1930 - 1939

Shaun Martin Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0131
Scope and Contents

Digital, colour photographs of fairground rides, fairground art, fairground transport and Ken Fox’s wall of death archived by ride owner

Dates: 2001 - 2003

Skid Skinner and Dare Devil Alma Poster, 28 - 31 May c1930

 Item
Reference code: 178R18.57
Scope and Contents

Skid Skinner and Dare Devil Alma. Fair Ground, Bolton-on-Dearne Fri-Sat May 28th, 29th and 31st. Wall of Death and on the Flying trapeze. Red and blue type.

Dates: 28 - 31 May c1930

Various Items, 1914 - 1935

 Series
Reference code: 178Z15
Scope and Contents

Various items related to Billy Bellhouse's private and professional life including tickets, membership cards and touring memorabilia.

Dates: 1914 - 1935

Various Newspaper Cuttings About Billy Bellhouse, 1932, 2016

 File
Reference code: 178G15.1
Scope and Contents

Newspaper reports from Budapest with translations, one Newspaper from Poznan, Poland, one letter, original and one photocopy, also a cutting from The Star about family chip shop closing down.

Dates: 1932; 2016

Wall of Death. Cazanul Mortii/Der Todesmauer Handbill, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178T5.8
Scope and Contents

Wall of death handbills for Luna Park, Bucharest, Romania. Also advertisment for the film King Kong. Three pink items and thirteen yellow ones with stamps.

Dates: c1930 - 1939