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Found in 2620 Collections and/or Records:

Ghost Train Track Blueprint, 13 April 1932

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.29(xxxiii)
Scope and Contents

Layout for ghost train track for Hastings, scale 1/2" by Messrs Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd. Drawing X519.

Dates: 13 April 1932
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Fairground Ride Layout Plans and Blueprints

Ghost Train Track Blueprint, 10 July 1931

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.32(xxv)
Scope and Contents

Proposed arrangement and layout of ghost train track for Gorleston on Sea by Messrs Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd, scale 3/8", total length 420". Drawing W3843.

Dates: 10 July 1931
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Blueprints for Ride Structures and Platforms

Ghost Train Track Blueprint, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.32(xxvi)
Scope and Contents

Layout of Bourmouth ghost train track by Messrs Orton, Sons & Sooner, scale 1/2". Drawing W3841.

Dates: c1930 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Blueprints for Ride Structures and Platforms

Ghost Train Track Blueprint, 1 July 1931

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.28(ix)
Scope and Contents

Blueprint showing the proposed modified layout of ghost train track, scale 1/4". Drawing X382.

Dates: 1 July 1931
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Blueprints for Fairground Ride Designs and Mechanisms

Ghost Train Track Drawing, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.28(xxxix)
Scope and Contents

Layout of No.6 ghost train track for Ramsgate, scale 1/4" on tracing paper.

Dates: c1930 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Blueprints for Fairground Ride Designs and Mechanisms

Ghost Train Trilogy, 8 February 2003

 File — Box Marisa Carnesky Box 7: Series 178H39
Reference code: 178H39.102
Scope and Contents

Marisa Carnesky's Ghost Train trilogy proposal for the Adelaide Festival 2004, contains various performers and other partner curriculums and an access audit service.

Dates: 8 February 2003
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Marisa Carnesky Collection / Business Records / Ghost Train Show Business Records

Glen Miller Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0091
Scope and Contents

Layout plans and documentation for the administration of the Newcastle Hoppings Fair.

Dates: 1939; c1989 - 1995; 20 - 29 June 2003
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive

Good Luck, Thank You, and Christmas Cards for the Smart Family, 1993 - 1994

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 48: Series 178K44; Series 178Z46
Reference code: 178Z46.44
Scope and Contents

Address label for Derek Burrell-Davis.

Dates: 1993 - 1994
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Smart Family Collection / Various

Goram Fair, Blaise Castle Estate Programme, 1956

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 45: Series 178K44
Reference code: 178K44.100
Scope and Contents

Front cover: drawing of a giant with the fairground behind him. Inside: programme in the centre, commercial advertisements, information on the fair acts and the Goram. Back cover: advertisement for a leather shop. 8 pages.

Dates: 1956
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Smart Family Collection / Programmes

Gosh CD, 1993

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 40: Series 178E9
Reference code: 178E9.10
Scope and Contents

Recorded live in Vseoul 6 October 1992 by le voyageur and produced by Gosh.

Dates: 1993
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Smart Family Collection / Audio Material

Gouache Paintings on Board, c1900 - 2000

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 53: Series 178V12
Reference code: 178V12.23
Scope and Contents

Gouache Paintings on board: one is of an orange and red background; one is of a blue and green background; one is of a female circus performer and a spaceman falling from a rocketship with lions bellow them.

Dates: c1900 - 2000
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Smart Family Collection / Original Art Work

Graham Downie Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0006
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs of ex-service showmen taking part in the 1994 Remembrance Day Parade, trade literature, calendars, posters, a monograph from the Alcester & District Local History Society and Charlie Merrin's paperwork for the 1989 centenary fair in Hyde Park.

Dates: c1960 - 1996
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive

Grant Application Papers, 1998 - 2001

 Item — Box Marisa Carnesky Box 6: Series 178H39
Reference code: 178H39.42
Scope and Contents

Description of projects and letter to Arts Council England regarding grant applications.

Dates: 1998 - 2001
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Marisa Carnesky Collection / Business Records / Business Record Related to the Jewess Tattooess, Ghost Train and The Girl from Nowhere Projects

Great Yarmouth Hippodrome Leaflet, c1900 - 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178I22.32
Scope and Contents

Colour illustration of laughing clown's face on top left corner and showgirl in bikini seating on an elephant's head on centre right, over a blue background and yellow, red and black type on top section, on bottom section booking form and the hillarious Grumbleweed and other acts on reverse with colour photographs.

Dates: c1900 - 1999
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Trade and Advertising Material

Groupe Gaston Reverchon International Design Trade Sheet, c2005

 Item
Reference code: 178I7.19
Scope and Contents

Groupe Gaston Reverchon trade sheet for profiler bumper car. Samois, France, 1p. with illlustration.

Dates: c2005
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / David Braithwaite Collection / Trade and Advertising Material

Guest Invites for Billy Smart's Circus, c1940 - 1969

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 54: Series 178Z46
Reference code: 178Z46.7
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Various items of ephemera.

Dates: c1940 - 1969
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Smart Family Collection / Various

Guest Tickets for the Billy Smart's Big Top, The Quality Show, c1900 - 2000

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 54: Series 178Z46
Reference code: 178Z46.20
Scope and Contents

Old Deer Park Richmond.

Dates: c1900 - 2000
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Smart Family Collection / Various

Guide Wheel Blueprint, 11 May 1931

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.29(xxvii)
Scope and Contents

Arrangement of guide wheel for ghost train by Messrs Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd. Drawing X361.

Dates: 11 May 1931
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Fairground Ride Layout Plans and Blueprints

Gunga-Din Strongman Advertising Card, c1900 - 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178I22.23
Scope and Contents

Black and white photograph of man laying on his back and lifting 10 men on a plank of wood with his legs.

Dates: c1900 - 1999
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Trade and Advertising Material

Gymnastic Railway Plan, 18 February 1931

 Item
Reference code: 178M15.35(xx)
Scope and Contents

Plan of proposed track for Gymnastic railway, East Coast Amusement Co. Signed L.A. Hackett, electrical engineer, Crosby Road, Southport.

Dates: 18 February 1931
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Plans / Blueprints of Plans and Elevation Drawings for Various Fairground Rides

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