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Fairs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1020 Collections and/or Records:

Century of Tobers Number 4 Articles, c1977 - 1989

 File
Reference code: 178B22.5
Scope and Contents

Master copies for Fairground Association of Great Britain magazine, Century of Tobers, Number 4. Typescript, photographs attached to pages. Kept in A4 card folder.

Dates: c1977 - 1989

Century of Tobers Number 5 Articles, c1977 - 1989

 File
Reference code: 178B22.6
Scope and Contents

Master copies for Fairground Association of Great Britain magazine, Century of Tobers, Number 5. Typescript, photographs attached to pages. Kept in A4 card folder.

Dates: c1977 - 1989

Century of Tobers Number 6 Articles, c1977 - 1989

 File
Reference code: 178B22.8
Scope and Contents

Manuscripts and notes and master copies for Fairground Association of Great Britain magazine, Century of Tobers, Number 6. Typescript and manuscript. Kept in A4 card folder.

Dates: c1977 - 1989

Certificate of Post-War Credit, 31 January 1944

 Item
Reference code: 178Z22.11
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 31 January 1944

Certificates of Insurance, 1914

 File
Reference code: 178H8.4
Scope and Contents

Certificates of insurance for Anderton & Rowland’s roundabout and Marenghi organ.

Dates: 1914

Chadderton and Failsworth Rotary Club Grand Steam Fair and Traction Engine Rally Programme, 31 May 1975 - 1 June 1975

 Item
Reference code: 178K3.29
Scope and Contents

Chadderton and Failsworth Rotary Club Grand Steam Fair and Traction Engine Rally, Boundary Park, Oldham. 6pp, illustrated.

Dates: 31 May 1975 - 1 June 1975

Chairoplane and Domestic Scenes Drawings, 13 July 1943

 Item
Reference code: 178V21.5
Scope and Contents

Various sketches glued to a sheet of paper showing pencil, ink, watercolour and goache drawings of a chairoplane ride and showmen and women carrying domestic tasks in their caravans by Margaret Whitaker.

Dates: 13 July 1943

Charles Taylor Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0069
Scope and Contents

The Charles Taylor collection is a fine example of Taylor’s of Wombwell printers’ posters, which highlight changes in printing techniques, fashion and taste within the popular entertainment industry. Included are examples of posters for pantomimes, fairs and circuses. The collection also contains handbills and other advertising material.

Dates: c1937 - 1989

Cheddar Traction Engine Show and Rally Programme, 6 - 7 September 1969

 Item
Reference code: 178K3.27
Scope and Contents

First Cheddar Traction Engine Show and Rally, Cheddar. With motor cars, motor cycles and organs. 30pp, illustrated.

Dates: 6 - 7 September 1969

Chiltern Traction Engine Club Programme, 26 - 27 July 1965

 Item
Reference code: 178K32.2
Scope and Contents

Chartridge Rally. Chartridge End Farm, Chesham. 20p.p with illustrations.

Dates: 26 - 27 July 1965

Chipperfield Circus Programmes, c1900 - 1999

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178K43.230-280
Scope and Contents

Chipperfield Circus programmes including Chipperfield Brothers Circus and Sally Chipperfield Circus

Dates: c1900 - 1999

Chris Russell Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0112
Scope and Contents

This collection contains five boxes of original photographic material including negatives and slides, a small amount of fairground journals, newspaper cuttings, correspondence, six audio tapes and a small amount of posters and handbills all related to the fairground and steam rally events.

Dates: 1971 - 2013

Christmas Fair and Bazaar Programme, 27 December 1873

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.166
Scope and Contents

Mander's Huge Collection of Wild Beasts at Royal Agricultural Hall. Royal Agricultural Hall, Christmas Fair & Bazaar, Including Mander's Huge Collection of Wild Beasts. Printed by G. Tarrant and Co., (late Smith and Tarrant), 70 Liverpool Road, 4pp.

Dates: 27 December 1873

Circus Circus, At the Funfair, and Here's the Circus Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 15: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.134
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. 300 feet, 25 minutes long. Silent. Includes both Black and White, and Colour film. 'Circus Circus' is at Southend-on-Sea. Here’s the Circus features Bertram Mills.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

Circus Days Film, c1941 - 1957

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 6: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.37
Scope and Contents

Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathetoscope. 300 feet, 12 minutes long. Black and white, silent. Includes fairs and rare 'Bingo Cartoon' from Bingoscope projectors, a rarity from the 1941 and 1957 Pathescope film catalogue.

Dates: c1941 - 1957

Circus Friends Association Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0122
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a large library of books and journals, as well as archival material including posters, programmes, photographs, films, handbills, research material, scrapbooks, original artwork and many other items of ephemera relating to British, Irish and European circuses

Dates: 1795 - 2020

Cliff Marston and Cedric Conway Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0021
Scope and Contents

Photographic collection of fairground lorries, rides, shows, organs and preservation vehicles at various fairs and rallies as well as notebooks, correspondence and newspaper cuttings.

Dates: 1949 - 1992

Clifton Green Feast Poster, 6 - 11 May c1975

 Item
Reference code: 178R11.922
Scope and Contents

Shaw. Noah’s Ark, Moonwalk, Speedway. Red and black type on yellow background.

Dates: 6 - 11 May c1975

Come to the Fair Article, Published 1969

 Item
Reference code: 178B9.6
Scope and Contents

Article for children about the Fair, published in Maxwell’s Pictorial Knowledge, No. 37: Vol.3:1, London, International Learning Systems, pages 746-749. Contains Illustrations.

Dates: Published 1969

Conanby Spring Fair Poster, 13 - 21 May c1975

 Item
Reference code: 178R11.950
Scope and Contents

Ling. Red and blue type on white background.

Dates: 13 - 21 May c1975