Circus

It's the Circus Film, c1945 - 1960

Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 6: Series 178D5

Reference code: 178D5.44

Scope and Contents

9.5mm. 200 feet, 8 minutes long. Colour, silent. Possibly parts 1 and 2 on one reel. Includes Walton Zoo footage.

Dates: c1945 - 1960

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

It's the Circus Film, c1945 - 1965

Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 15: Series 178D5

Reference code: 178D5.137

Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Boots. 400 feet. Walton Films. Includes New Bertram Mills Circus.

Dates: c1945 - 1965

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

It's the Circus, Monkey Go Round and Godiva Rides Again Films, c1945 - 1965

Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 14: Series 178D5

Reference code: 178D5.130

Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Photax. 350 feet, 29 minutes long. Black and white, silent. Includes 'Godiva Rides Again' starring Mandy Morgan, 'It’s the Circus' from Bertram Mills Circus, and 'Monkey Go Round' which features colour scenes.

Dates: c1945 - 1965

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

IV Congreso Internacional Amigos Del Circo Poster, 23 - 25 September 1968

Item

Reference code: 178R47.1137

Scope and Contents

Barcelona. Pablo Picasso Arlequin painting featured

Dates: 23 - 25 September 1968

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Posters / Belle Vue, Kelvin Hall, Boswell and Wilkie and other British and International Circus Posters

Ivor Rosaire and Derrick Rosaire, c1936 - 1950

Item — Box Ruth Manning-Sanders Box 1: Series 178C141

Reference code: 178C141.105

Scope and Contents

Black and white photograph of two shirtless men standing in front of a circus tent, thought to be Ivor Rosaire and Derrick Rosaire (possibly before or after a gymnastic performance on rings).

Dates: c1936 - 1950

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Ruth Manning-Sanders Collection / Photographs / Rosaire’s Circus Photographs

Ivor Rosaire and Two Elephants 'Salt' and 'Saucy', 1937

Item — Box Ruth Manning-Sanders Box 1: Series 178C141

Reference code: 178C141.110

Scope and Contents

Black and white postcard of Ivor Rosaire with two elephants, known as 'Salt' and 'Saucy'. Inscription on the reverse reads as follows: 'Ivor Rosaire with John Swallow's elephants: Salt and Saucy'.

Dates: 1937

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Ruth Manning-Sanders Collection / Photographs / Rosaire’s Circus Photographs

Ivor Rosaire and Two Elephants 'Salt' and 'Saucy', 1937

Item — Box Ruth Manning-Sanders Box 1: Series 178C141

Reference code: 178C141.111

Scope and Contents

Black and white postcard of Ivor Rosaire with two elephants, known as 'Salt' and 'Saucy'. Includes the following text underneath the image: 'Ivor Presents Rosaire's Elephants'. On the reverse there is a message sent to Joan Manning-Sanders from her mother, Ruth Manning-Sanders. The first line reads: 'Just said goodbye to the Rosaires'.

Dates: 1937

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Ruth Manning-Sanders Collection / Photographs / Rosaire’s Circus Photographs

Ivor Rosaire, Lucy Rosaire, Juliette Rosaire and Derrick Rosaire, 1948

Item — Box Ruth Manning-Sanders Box 1: Series 178C141

Reference code: 178C141.119

Scope and Contents

Black and white photograph of Ivor Rosaire, with his wife, Lucy Rosaire and their two children, Juliette (aged 7) and Derrick (aged 4).

Dates: 1948

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Ruth Manning-Sanders Collection / Photographs / Rosaire’s Circus Photographs

Ivor Rosaire, Lucy Rosaire, Zena Rosaire and Stanley Perkins, 1948

Item — Box Ruth Manning-Sanders Box 1: Series 178C141

Reference code: 178C141.107

Scope and Contents

Black and white postcard of Ivor Rosaire, with his wife, Lucy Rosaire and Zena Rosaire (also known as Zenita Rosaire) standing on the steps of a living caravan in Jersey. Includes inscription on the reverse that reads as follows: 'Ivor, Zena, Lucy and Stanley Perkins. Taken 1948 Jersey'.

Dates: 1948

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Ruth Manning-Sanders Collection / Photographs / Rosaire’s Circus Photographs

Ivor Rosaire with his Head in the Mouth of an Elephant, c1936 - 1950

Item — Box Ruth Manning-Sanders Box 1: Series 178C141

Reference code: 178C141.97

Scope and Contents

Black and white postcard of Ivor Rosaire, shown with his head in an elephants mouth and the elephant is lifting him off the ground.

Dates: c1936 - 1950

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Ruth Manning-Sanders Collection / Photographs / Rosaire’s Circus Photographs

J. F. Willie's Happy Family Miniature Circus Handbill, c1890s

Item

Reference code: 178T40.1

Scope and Contents

Brown type on off white background listing performing animals and two press reviews, also brown illustrations of animal heads, one in each corner and a dog above a large horse shoe in the centre

Dates: c1890s

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

Jack Fossett, Margaret Fossett and Claude Yelding, c1935 - 1938

Item — Box Ruth Manning-Sanders Box 1: Series 178C141

Reference code: 178C141.82

Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs of Jack Fossett, Margaret Fossett and Claude Yelding, performers at Fossett's Circus.

Dates: c1935 - 1938

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Ruth Manning-Sanders Collection / Photographs / Fossett’s Circus Photographs

Jack Hylton's Earls Court Circus Fun Fair and Menagerie Programme, 1952

Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 45: Series 178K44

Reference code: 178K44.81

Scope and Contents

Coach party reservation form and souvenir programme for circus run 22 December 1952 - 24 January 1953. Front cover: drawing of circus animals and the circus ring with a clown and little girl in the top right corner. Inside: programme in the centre, information on Jack Hylton, photos and information about the acts. 8 pages.

Dates: 1952

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

Jack Niblett's Circus Sketches, c1929 - 1990

Sub-Series

Reference code: 178V11.51

Scope and Contents

286 loose sketches and 6 sketchbooks of circus acts, animals and performers from various international circuses including Smarts, Bertram Mills and Robert Bros. by Jack Niblett. Pen and ink, felt pen, watercolour, pencil and pastel.

Dates: c1929 - 1990

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

Jack Petchey Award 2009 Photos and Official Photos Optical Disk, 2009

Item — Box Albert & Friends Box 19: Series 178U13

Reference code: 178U13.44

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Optical disks, containing correspondence, administrative papers, newsletters, photographs and films, created by Albert & Friends Instant Circus.

Dates: 2009

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Albert & Friends Instant Circus Collection / Digital Media

Jack Wilkinson Collection

Fonds

Reference code: NFA0168

Scope and Contents Black and white and colour photographs and negatives of fairgrounds, fairground organs, steam engines and other transportation systems with annotations by Jack Wilkinson and other sources, such as William Keating, James Davidson, Philip Bradley and Jack Mellor, as well as notebooks, scrapbooks, journals, books, correspondence, research material, audio tapes of fairground organ music and some 3D items including Jack's recording equipment and a model of a fairground organ. Jack Wilkinson’s...

Dates: c1900 - 1979

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive