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Fairs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Bernard Fielding Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0084
Scope and Contents

Photographs and scrapbooks compiled by Bernard Fielding. Each scrapbook contains a mixture of press cuttings including Fairground Mercury and World’s Fair, photographs, postcards, Paul Braithwaite history and patent material. Augmented by handwritten notes and research from other enthusiasts.

Dates: c1990 - 1999

Scrapbook, c1990 - 1999

 Series
Reference code: 178G24
Scope and Contents

Loose pages from scrapbooks containing newspaper cuttings from various sources including the Fairground Mercury and the World's Fair newspaper, photographs, postcards, research material, Paul Braithwaite's history and patent material and other notes by various fairground enthusiasts and compiled by Bernard Fielding.

Dates: c1990 - 1999

Scrapbook Page, B1, Burrell's to 2733, c1990 - 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178G24.12
Scope and Contents

Black loose leaf folder marked as B1, Burrell’s to 2733. Includes material on Burrell Engines, notes to 1990’s. Comiled by Bernard Fielding.

Dates: c1990 - 1999

Scrapbook Page, B2, Burrell's to 3185, c1990 - 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178G24.13
Scope and Contents

Black loose leaf folder marked as B2, Burrell’s to 3185. Includes material on Burrell Engines, notes to 1990’s. Compiled by Bernard Fielding.

Dates: c1990 - 1999

Scrapbook Page, B3, Burrell's to 3483, c1990 - 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178G24.14
Scope and Contents

Black loose leaf folder marked as B3, Burrell’s to 3483. Includes material on Burrell Engines, notes to 1990’s Compiled by Bernard Fielding.

Dates: c1990 - 1999

Scrapbook Page, B4, Burrell's to 3830, c1990 - 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178G24.15
Scope and Contents

Black loose leaf folder marked as B4, Burrell’s to 3830. Includes material on Burrell Engines, notes to 1990’s. Compiled by Bernard Fielding.

Dates: c1990 - 1999

Scrapbook Page, B5, Burrell's to 3910, c1990 - 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178G24.16
Scope and Contents

Black loose leaf folder marked as B5, Burrell’s to 3910. Includes material on Burrell Engines, notes to 1990’s. Compiled by Bernard Fielding.

Dates: c1990 - 1999

Scrapbook Page, B6, Burrell's to 4092, c1990 - 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178G24.17
Scope and Contents

Red loose leaf folder marked as B6, Burrell’s to 4092. Includes material on Burrell Engines, notes to 1990’s. Compiled by Bernard Fielding.

Dates: c1990 - 1999

Scrapbook Page, SE Showmen's Engines, Burrell's, c1990 - 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178G24.21
Scope and Contents

Green loose leaf folder marked as SE, Showmen’s engines, Burrell’s. Includes material on Showmen’s Burrell Engines, notes to 1990’s. Compiled by Bernard Fielding.

Dates: c1990 - 1999

Tommy Green Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0001
Scope and Contents

This collection contains documents relating to fairgrounds collected by Tommy Green including photographs, paintings, manuscripts, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, cash books, programmes from Tydesley Wakes and plans of Bolton Fairs. Included in the collection are the Burrell photographs.

Dates: 1911 - 1968