Scope and Contents Plans and sketches for fairground rides including Electric Yacht, arrangement of juvenile roundabouts, arrangement of No.3 Gem Roundabout, details of platforms and platform rods, Yo-Yo section and pay box, cut outs of sample car, P. Collins Joy Tubes, No.1 Water Dodgems, chimney and rafter, compensation track for scenic, Devil’s Disc section through centre, Devil’s Disc (Joy Wheel) ground plan, Straight slide extension for Arthur Holland, Helter Skelter as Proctor’s, No.2 Race track John...

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Business records containing minutes of meetings, financial records, documents related to legislation and urban planning, Showmen's Guild diaries, year books, records on the campaigns run by the Showmen on the defence of Mitcham, Norwich, Manchester, Nottingham and Cambridge fairs.

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Various documents related to the business operations of Orton and Spooner including order books, correspondence, contracts, account books, product specifications and wage books.

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Business information and correspondence regarding individual repair and construction jobs, invoices and break down of costs with different clients including Farrar, Hackett & Company Ltd, H. Thurston, Woolls Bros., Henry Jones & Sons, Pat Collins, Broncho Bill’s Western Circus, G. Marshall, John Danter & Sons, Royal Continental Circus.

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Drawings, samples and specifications for the design of fairground rides including original drawings on tracing paper by Orton and Spooner, Savages and Supercar Co., for gallopers, arks, coasters, ghost trains, wall of death, haunted houses, water dodgems, planes, etc. A newspaper article from the National Motor Journal, and specifications for Anderton and Rowland and John and Pat Collins.

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Design of sections of Pat Collins' Joy Tubes with annotations, scale 3/4".

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Bound minutes of meetings in red notebook containing items dicussed on meetings of the Central Council, including rules and regulations, charges, appointments to posts within the Showmen's Guild, fund raising activities and benevolent funds, subscriptions, transport, Licensing, agreements with other organisations and societies, finances, ground leases and Government War Bonds among others. Signed by the Guild's president, Mr Patrick Collins, manuscript.

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Bound minutes of meetings in red notebook containing items dicussed on meetings of the Central Council, including parliamentary bills, complaints and appeals, rules, Hull and other memorial and benevolent funds, nominations to positions within the Guild and resignations, York Fair, the Bolton appeal, the Fairs Bill, official journals and finances among others. Signed by the Guild's presidents, Mr Patrick Collins and Mr W. Wilson, manuscript.

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Minutes of meetings of the Showmen's Guild comprising Central Council meetings, Special General meetings, Management Committee meetings, Mutual Agreement meetings, Annual and Extraordinary meettins, meetings of the Appeals Committee and War Emergency Committee meetings.

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Newspaper cuttings and scrapbooks related to Showmen's transport, trade related bye-laws and general Showmen's news from various newspapers and publications.

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Drawings and designs used for the decoration of fairground rides.

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This collection contains a large selection of archives from the Orton and Spooner Company. The collection comprises photographs and cabinet card images showing carved work, structural work and classic painted work, 4 boxes of notes, invoices and clippings, 8 drawers of plans and blueprints, 2 folders of ride specifications and order forms, accounts books and a library of source books showing turn of the century art used by the artists in the company.

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

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Scrapbook containing Guild news, articles on licences, Second World War, legislation, goods vehicles, transport, taxes, fairs, Newcastle Town Moor festival, Blackpool Bill, annual dinners and galas, Glasgow Fair and Pat Collins from various newspapers.

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Scrapbook containing news about changes and the demise of the British fairground, Pat Collins, the Second World War, living wagons, the circus and Bertram Mills from various newspapers.

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Sketch of framing structure of Pat Collins No. 314 Kaiser and Crown Prince Spinner. Pencil on paper.

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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.

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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.

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Contains an article about Pat Collins, a list of the members of the Central Council, rules of the Showmen's Guild, rules of the central and branches benevolent funds, the thirty-sixth annual report, the Showmen's Guild list of receipts and payments, reports by Guild section including finances and lists of member subscriptions and commercial advertising. Some articles are illustrated with images.

Scope and Contents Contains a list of the members of the Central Council, articles on William Wilson, Pat Collins, Harry Shuttleworth, Ben Hobson, Thomas Murphy and the Showmen's annual supper, rules of the Showmen's Guild and section bye-laws, rules of the central and branches benevolent funds, the fortieth annual report, the Showmen's Guild list of receipts and payments, reports by Guild section including finances and lists of member subscriptions, list of honorary member subscriptions and commercial...