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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

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Billy Wood Collection

Various Items, c1920 - 1955

Series

Reference code: 178Z66

Scope and Contents

Various items related to the Biddall showman family.

Dates: c1920 - 1955

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / George McIndoe Collection

Various Items, c1895 - 1920

Series — Box Fred Holmes Box 2: Series 178K38; Series 178T31; Series 178Z31

Reference code: 178Z31

Scope and Contents

Collection of Various Items mainly relating to Jasper Redfern's Motion Pictures, as well as other entertainments and events.

Dates: c1895 - 1920

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Fred Holmes Collection

Various Items, c1800 - 2019

Series

Reference code: 178Z50

Scope and Contents

A range of circus related items related to Hassan Ali, Adha Issacs Menken, Barnum and Bailey, funeral items, illustrations of circus parades, circus tickets, discount vouchers and booking forms, circus themed stickers, famous clown clay models, circus themed jigsaw puzzles, circus model figures, comics books and children's books, Circus Friends Association related material, Montecarlo Circus Festival related items, Jesse Fossett's throwing knives and other items.

Dates: c1800 - 2019

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection

Various Items Belonging to John E. Sanger, 1926 - 1980

File

Reference code: 178Z26.25

Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous items some belonged to John E. Sanger, including invoices, a hand written summary of accounts and a leave pass during war service and part of The Bodie Book on hypnotism and mental suggestion.

Dates: 1926 - 1980

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Cyril Critchlow Collection / Various Items Related to the Ohmy and Sanger Families

Various Items from Disneyland, c1900 - 2000

Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 54: Series 178Z46

Reference code: 178Z46.14

Scope and Contents

An envelope containing two maps from Disneyland Magic Kingdom in Anaheim, California, one children menu from Red Wagon Restaurant, one paper bag from the Taylor & Hume Disneyland Hotel, and one Disneyland blue cardboard bib.

Dates: c1900 - 2000

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Smart Family Collection / Various

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

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Billy Wood Collection / Various Items

Various Items of Trade and Advertising, c1950 - 1985

Sub-Series

Reference code: 178I22.38

Scope and Contents Trade and advertising material from various circuses including souvenir guides from Pinders, The Moscow State Circus, Blackpool Tower, Cirque Berserk, Gandey's Circus 50th anniversary tour, The London Coliseum, Cirque Eloize, Russell's International Circus, Mongolian State Circus, Nederlands Nationaal Circus, Big Kid Circus, John Lawson's Circus and Gerry Cottle's Circus and a range of other pamphlets advertising Astley's Astounding Adventures, Treff Punkt, Americana The Tent Show Circus,...

Dates: c1950 - 1985

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Trade and Advertising Material

Various Items Related to Barbara Buttrick's Career as a Boxer, c1949 - 1999

File

Reference code: 178H34.1

Scope and Contents

Various items related to Barbara Buttrick professional career as a boxer including promotional photographs, sample of commercial for Nike and the Women’s International Boxing Federation book of rules and regulations.

Dates: c1949 - 1999

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Barbara Buttrick Collection / Business Records

Various Items Related to the Ohmy and Sanger Families, c1880 - 1980

Series

Reference code: 178Z26

Scope and Contents

Various items related to the Ohmy and Sanger families, including World War Two related material and other personal items.

Dates: c1880 - 1980

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Cyril Critchlow Collection

Various Items Related to the Showmen's Guild, c1894 - 2000

Series — Box Showmen's Guild Box 32: Series 178Z70

Reference code: 178Z70

Scope and Contents Contains invitations to the President's Supper and Ball, St Giles Fair opening ceremony, Foster & Company promotional card, Christmas greeting, card about the coronation anointing spoon, the Millennium parliamentary luncheon, civic dinners, cards, a colour print of a fairground scene, a Bertam Mill's Circus programme, a photocopy of the Surrey Traveller Community Relations Forum booklet, the Children's Challenge 2002 ringbinder containing drawings, stories and poems and photocopies of...

Dates: c1894 - 2000

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain Collection

Various Items Related to Variety, c1837 - 2008

Series

Reference code: 178Z28

Scope and Contents

Various items related to variety theatre in Blackpool and other locations.

Dates: c1837 - 2008

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Cyril Critchlow Collection

Various Newspaper Cuttings, 1939 - 1970

File

Reference code: 178G5.6

Scope and Contents

Newspaper cuttings on various topics.

Dates: 1939 - 1970

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Lulu Adams Collection / Newspaper Cuttings

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