Fairs
Found in 1021 Collections and/or Records:
Arthur Jones Collection
The photograph library of the Friendship Circle of Showland Fans (FCFS). This collection includes material relating to famous fairs, engines and rides. As well as containing a full bound set of 'Merry-Go-Round' journals and numerous books, letters and other journals. The collection includes various catalogues and notebooks documenting the use of traction engines on the fairground.
Article on Barbara Buttrick, c1949 - 1999
Battling Barbara Buttrick. Photocopy of article about Barbara relating her childhood and boxing career. Typescript. 2p.p.
Article on Barbara Buttrick, c1949 - 1999
Battling Barbara Buttrick: Woman Fighter Photocopy of article about Barbara. Typescript. 8p.p.
Articles, c1977 - 1989
Master copies of Century of Tobers magazines.
Articles, c1960 - 1969
Selection of internal communications, draft articles, manifestos and lists from the Friendship Circle of Showland Fans.
Articles, c2005 - 2006
Articles on the history of the Rayner family, compiled by Eleanor Rayner.
Articles, Monographs and Research Material, c1900 - 2001
Research material concerning Barbara Buttrick's career as a boxer and other boxing related topics.
At the Funfair, and Steam Fayre Film, c1907 - 2001
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Super8, 400 feet. Both Silent and with Sound, with both Colour and Black and White footage.
Attercliffe Recreation Ground Fun Fair Poster, 15 - 24 July c1975
Sheffield. Farrar. Red and blue type on yellow background.
Audio Material, c1980 - 1999
Vinyl records and cassette tapes with electronic index containing an assortment of mainly commercial but also amateur recordings of fairground organ music.
Audio Material, 1993
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.
Audio Material, 1993
Brian Steptoe interview with Margaret Bird (nee) Shufflebottom.
Audio Material, c1907 - 2001
Audio Reels, focusing mainly on Fairs and Circus, but also including Transport and Entertainment.
B. Cole and Sons Carnival and Fun Fair Poster, c1980 - 1989
Poster left blank for overprinting location and date. Colour lithograph of general view of fun fair with ghost train on the foreground.
B. Cole and Sons Pleasure Fair Poster, Tuesday 15 - Saturday 19 July c1984
Eastleigh. Black type on fluorescent orange background.
B. Cole and Sons Pleasure Fair Poster, Tuesday 15 - Saturday 19 July c1984
Eastleigh. Black type on fluorescent orange background.
B. Cole and Sons Pleasure Fair Poster, Friday 1 - Saturday 9 June c1984
Pennington Common, Lymington. Black type on fluorescent orange background.
B. Cole and Sons Pleasure Fair Poster, Tuesday 9 - Saturday 13 June c1987
Mansell Park, Millbrook Estate, Southampton. Black type over fluorescent orange background with bird’s eye view of fair in black on bottom section.
Barbara Buttrick Collection
The collection contains photographs, handbills and programmes relating to Barbara Buttrick’s boxing career and some material she collected related to boxing.
Barbara Buttrick's Biography, 10 October 1952
Photocopy of Barbara Buttrick’s Biography. Typescript. 13p.p.