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Photocopies of The British Roundabout Proprietors and Showmen’s Union Rules. Typescript.

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Various items of business related to the Testo family.

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Certificate of post-war credit for Victor Joseph Jeffreys, due for the year ended 5th April 1942 issued in Manchester on 31 January 1944. Brown type on off white paper with royal coat of arms.

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Various items of correspondence addressed to Mrs Jeffery regarding the printing of the book, Conjuring Collecting and The Testo Story. A letter from Stanley Robinson to Mrs Jeffery regarding some photographs and two regarding fairground shows and rides. Typescript and manuscript.

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By Professor A. Testo. Navy blue type on off white background describing how to train fleas to perform. Printed by A. A. Fletcher & Son Ltd., Swalwell, Newcastle-on-tyne.

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Various items of family history and an excerpt from a book on fortune telling.

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Newspaper cuttings including general stories about fairgrounds and coverage of murder of Miriam Culine.

Scope and Contents Black and white photographs, postcards and negatives of the Testo family, performers, side shows, animals, fairgrounds and circuses including Angela Rabbets ‘Jungle Girl’ female snake act, Sonya Alan ‘Lady of Lions’, men and women in WWI and WWII uniforms, Golga Testo snake act with Bertram Mills Circus, Pauline Testo, Alf Testo, Nora and Billy Kayes, Jack Lemm and his Troupe at Testo’s show, members of the Chipperfield family, members of the Dobson family, members of the Pinder family...

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This collection comprises photographs, business records, articles, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, advertising material, family research and items of personal archive related to the Testo family history in the fairground and circus

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The story of Felix Testot, Magician, and founder of the Testo family in England (with a brief history of his descendants up to 1993). A portion of the Testo Family History. Alfred Testo’s Career by ‘Golga’ Jeffreys (his daughter). The Chipperfields’ Story: being a summary of items in the history of the Chipperfield family from 1803 and the connections with the Testo family (Harriet Sophia Jeffreys and Vic Jeffreys). Typescript.

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Various items related to the Testo family and their business in the fairground.