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Fairs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Audio Material, 1993

 Series
Reference code: 178E2
Scope and Contents

Copies of interviews with Showmen and women from the Nottingham and Derbyshire Sections of the Showmen's Guild of Great Britain recorded by Neil Calladine.

Dates: 1993

Harry Poole Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0039
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs of rides, engines, shows and acts as well as scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings from 'The World's Fair' including British Fairground Society Notes, 1949-1963 and scrapbooks relating to fairs, particularly in the Lancashire area.

Dates: c1900 - 1969

Interview with Albert Proctor, 1993

 Item
Reference code: 178E2.4
Scope and Contents

Interview recorded by Neil Calladine on cassette tape format. Copied from a series of interviews with show-people from the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Section of the Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain with the permission of Neil Calladine. Digital file UTWAM060/6, location of copies X:\National_Fairground_Archive\General\nfa-digitisation\Sound Collections\Neil Calladine Collection. Digitised as part of the Unlocking Our Sounds Heritage project by the British Library.

Dates: 1993

Interview with Fred Cox, 1993

 Item
Reference code: 178E2.5
Scope and Contents

Interview recorded by Neil Calladine on cassette tape format. Copied from a series of interviews with show-people from the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Section of the Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain with the permission of Neil Calladine.

Dates: 1993

Interview with Henry Mellors, 18 December 1993

 Item
Reference code: 178E2.1
Scope and Contents

Interview recorded by Neil Calladine on two cassette tapes. Copied from a series of interviews with showpeople from the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Section of the Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain with the permission of Neil Calladine.

Dates: 18 December 1993

Interview with Horace Parker, 1993

 Item
Reference code: 178E2.2
Scope and Contents

Interview recorded by Neil Calladine on two cassette tapes. Copied from a series of interviews with show-people from the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Section of the Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain with the permission of Neil Calladine.

Dates: 1993

Interview with Mr Hall, 1993

 Item
Reference code: 178E2.6
Scope and Contents

Interview recorded by Neil Calladine on cassette tape format. Copied from a series of interviews with show-people from the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Section of the Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain with the permission of Neil Calladine.

Dates: 1993

Interview with Mrs Corrigan, 1993

 Item
Reference code: 178E2.7
Scope and Contents

Interview recorded by Neil Calladine on cassette tape format. Copied from a series of interviews with show-people from the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Section of the Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain with the permission of Neil Calladine.

Dates: 1993

Interview with Sid Hibble and Henry Mellors, 1993

 Item
Reference code: 178E2.8
Scope and Contents

Interview recorded by Neil Calladine on cassette tape format. Copied from a series of interviews with show-people from the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Section of the Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain with the permission of Neil Calladine.

Dates: 1993

Interview with Tom Jervis, 1993

 Item
Reference code: 178E2.3
Scope and Contents

Interview recorded by Neil Calladine on cassette tape format. Copied from a series of interviews with show-people from the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Section of the Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain with the permission of Neil Calladine.

Dates: 1993

Neil Calladine Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0012
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of 6 black and white photographs of fairgrounds and 8 audio cassette recordings of interviews with showpeople from the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Section of the Showmen's Guild of Great Britain.

Dates: c1920 - 1979; 1993

Photographs, c1920 - 1979

 Series
Reference code: 178C17
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire fairgrounds and some showmen.

Dates: c1920 - 1979

Scrapbooks, c1940 - 1969

 Series
Reference code: 178G7
Scope and Contents

Booklets of newspaper cuttings from the World’s fair Newspaper, including British fairground Society Notes including and some booklets related to fairs particularly in the Lancashire area.

Dates: c1940 - 1969

Scrapbooks, c1940 - 1969

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178G7.21-23
Scope and Contents

Booklets of newspaper cuttings relating to fairs particularly in the Lancashire area. Stamp on covers reads Neil Calladine Collection.

Dates: c1940 - 1969