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Boxing

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

1951 Carnival of Champions for the Festival of Great Britain Programme, 1951

 Item
Reference code: 178K51.2
Scope and Contents Event presented by Jack Solomons, black type on white paper containing information about the fighters and officials, introduction by Jack Solomons, black and white photographs of fighters and commentators, cartoons and articles about the fighters including Jack Gardner, Don Cockell and Randolf Turpin and programme of fights including Jack Gardner, Cesar Brion, Don Cockell, Nick Barone, Randolph Turpin, Jackie Keough, Johnny Williams, Jo Weidin and others and information on some of the...
Dates: 1951

Billy Wood Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0102
Scope and Contents

Collection of material related to Billy Wood travelling boxing booth, containing business records, photographs, correspondence, programmes, posters and other items of ephemera.

Dates: c1900 - 1979

Business and Personal Correspondence Belonging to Billy Wood, 1951 - 1979

 File
Reference code: 178F42.1
Scope and Contents

Various items of correspondence addressed to Billy Wood, mostly of personal nature, some mention his business, includes a letter from Bill Tomlinson regarding council refusal to grant Billy a licence to run his boxing show. Typescript and manuscript.

Dates: 1951 - 1979

Business Records, 1931 - 1974

 Series
Reference code: 178H33
Scope and Contents

Billy Wood's business records including boxers' personal details and promotional images.

Dates: 1931 - 1974

Business Records Relating to Billy Wood's Boxing Booth, 1931 - 1974

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178H33.1
Scope and Contents Billy Wood's business records including address books, boxing and wrestling fight details including names of fighters and locations, takings ledger, personal contact directory from 1932 to 1959, business cards for himself and F. Ward amusement caterer, Showmen's Guild membership cards for 1971 and 1974, Ilkeston market toll fair deposit and receipts, a cheque, receipts and correspondence from Orton and Spooner for the construction of show fronts in 1931, City of Nottingham notices to...
Dates: 1931 - 1974

Correspondence, 1951 - 1979

 Series
Reference code: 178F42
Scope and Contents

Items of personal and business correspondence belonging to Billy Wood

Dates: 1951 - 1979

Heavyweight Championship of Great Britain Programme, 16 November 1950

 Item
Reference code: 178K51.1
Scope and Contents Black and white photograph of two boxers on the front cover on a red background with black and yellow type, inside information about the fighters and officials, introduction by Jack Solomons, black and white photographs and cartoons, articles about boxers including Bruce Woodcock, Jack Gardner, Don Cockell, Lloyd Marshall, Terry Ratcliffe, Eddie Cardew, Eddie Thomas, Titi Clavel, Denny Dawson, Ivor Simpson, Johnny Williams and George Kaplan and programme of fights, contains some hand written...
Dates: 16 November 1950

Newspaper Cuttings, 1974

 Series
Reference code: 178G55
Scope and Contents

Newspaper reports on boxing and wrestling.

Dates: 1974

Newspaper Cuttings Related to Boxing and Wrestling, 1974

 File
Reference code: 178G55.1
Scope and Contents

A newspaper cutting and three issues of Wrestling Review.

Dates: 1974

Photographs, c1900 - 1969

 Series
Reference code: 178C128
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs related to Billy Wood's career as a boxer and as a boxing booth proprietor, showing many of the boxers of the time as well as some boxing booth fronts and other fairground scenes.

Dates: c1900 - 1969

Photographs, Postcards and Negatives of Billy Wood's Travelling Boxing Booth, c1900 - 1969

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178C128.1-150
Scope and Contents Black and white photographs and negatives related to Billy Wood and his travelling boxing booth including the front of his boxing and wrestling booth, the boxing ring, photographs of boxers and wrestlers and photographs of family members, the photographs show Billy Wood, Johnny Stewart, Tommy Wood, Jackie Rankin, Henry Strand, Annie Strand, Alf Wilden, Mick Miller, Larry Hunt Lincoln, Stephen Cobra, Alex Buxton, David Wood, Molly Wood, Annie Wood, Iris Taylor, Dodo Williams, Johnny Williams,...
Dates: c1900 - 1969

Programmes, 1950 - 1959

 Series
Reference code: 178K51
Scope and Contents

Boxing and Wrestling programmes containing boxers' information, professional rankings and photographs.

Dates: 1950 - 1959

Various Items, c1920 - 1979

 Series
Reference code: 178Z63
Scope and Contents

Various items of ephemera belonging to Billy Wood and his descendants, including Billy Wood's letter headed paper.

Dates: c1920 - 1979

Various Items of Ephemera Belonging to Billy Wood, c1920 - 1979

 File
Reference code: 178Z63.1
Scope and Contents

Various items including paperwork related to The Dingles Fairground Heritage Trust's Bioscope Appeal and the donation of Billy Wood's boxing show to the Trust, Billy Wood letter headed paper and a programme for Mannequin Parades at Clacton-on-Sea.

Dates: c1920 - 1979