Smart Circus programmes, including Billy Smart Circus, David Smart Circus and Smart Circus Royal Performance Galas.

This collection contains posters, programmes, letters, film, business records and a large number of family and circus photographs. This unique family collection charts the history of the Smart family from their beginnings as fairground showmen to presenting one of the greatest British circuses.

Colour illustration of flamenco dancer in red dress over a blue background and clown's face peaking from behind a curtain on top right corner on the front cover, inside introduction, colour photographs of acts and performers, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 10p.p.

Peter Jay presents All New Super Circus '84, at Blackpool Tower. The Rodogels, The Coco-Tots. Colour illustrations of a clown and an elephant, black and white illustration of Blackpool Tower, photographs of the Water Spectaculer, seven clowns and wrestler Big Daddy, main background red, type multicoloured. Printed by W. E. Berry Ltd.

Peter Jay presents All New Super Circus '84, at Blackpool Tower. The Rodogels, The Coco-Tots. Colour illustrations of a clown and an elephant, black and white illustration of Blackpool Tower, photographs of the Water Spectaculer, seven clowns and wrestler Big Daddy, main background red, type multicoloured.

Peter Jay presents All New Super Circus '85, at Blackpool Tower. Colour illustrations of three clowns, sea lions, acrobats and a fountain, black and white illustration of Blackpool Tower, photograph of wrestler Big Daddy, main background pink, type multicoloured.

Hippodrome, Great Yarmouth. Presented by Peter Jay. Colour illustration of smily clown face on top left, water fountain act on bottom left, wheel of death act and elephant's head on blue and black background on the front cover, inside introduction, black and white photographs of performers and acts with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 8p.p.

Hippodrome, Great Yarmouth. Presented by Peter Jay. Colour illustration of smily clown face on top left, water fountain act on bottom left, wheel of death act and elephant's head on blue and black background on the front cover, inside introduction, black and white photographs of performers and acts with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 8p.p.

Peter Jay's Superdome Circus at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, starring Mary Chipperfield. 22nd May to 8th November. Colour illustrations of Mary Chipperfield with a white tiger, a monkey in clothes, a clown, horses and an elephant, background black with multicoloured stripes, type multicoloured.

Roy Hudd, ringmaster, Las Ballan, cycling troupe, Duo Nowinski perch act, Laner Brothers Wild West, Charlie Cairoli and company clowns, Gene Mendez high wire and animals. 4p.p.

Roy Hudd, ringmaster, Markus with Rosita, balancing and strongman, balancing act, The Saltas trapeze, and animals, Charlie Cairoli and company clowns and animals, Signed by Roy hudd, 4p.p.

Gouache on card, type and photographs glued on seperately poster design. Bertram Mills Circus. The Francescos clowns and Roman Games with Douglas Kossmayer, the 'Ben Hur' of the circus. Two black and white photographs, one of three clowns, the other of a man in roman armour holding the reigns of three horses in a row, standing with one foot each on the back of the two outer horses, background orange type black.

Baby June the cycling elephant, the only one in the world. Colour illustration in the centre, of elephant on trycicle with girl in white dress on the right and hobo clown on the left within a blue circle and yellow margins containing illustrations of elephants, horse and carriage with performers and elephant and the face of a man on top left also within a circle.

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. VHS PAL. Scenes from the 9.5mm silent film. Also contains the Sanger memorial at St. John Cemetery Margate, Lord George Sanger’s Circus, and James Freeman ‘Pimpo the Clown’.

Red type on orange paper with small clown illustrations on front cover, inside programme and commercial advertising on back cover. Printed by Langham Printer, Farnham, 2p.p.

Monochrome illustration of female equestrian act, clown and man riding elephant in blue over a yellow and red background on the front cover, inside programme in blue type on yellow background, 2p.p.

Blue type on blue background with illustration of smiling clown's face in centre on blue on the front cover, inside programme. Printed by Parkes and Mainwarings Ltd, Printers, Coleshill Street, Birmingham, 2p.p.

Blue type on blue background with illustration of smiling clown's face in centre on blue on the front cover, inside programme. Printed by Parkes and Mainwarings Ltd, Printers, Coleshill Street, Birmingham, 2p.p.