Jay Miller's Circus (Established 1986)
Dates
- Existence: Established 1986
Biography
Jay Miller’s Circus was established by Jon Miller. John became interested in circus as a young boy and started to help set up and do various chores after school in the mid 1970s. Once the season ended, John decided to run away with the circus but was returned home. He agreed to finish his schooling and he graduated as a Civil Engineer, while working on the Fairgrounds at the weekends and holidays.
It wasn’t until the middle of the 1980s that John would join the circus again. At this point he learnt all aspects of the business and life style. By 1986 he had established his own circus with a caravan, two lorries, a generator, small circus tent and six performers.
Jay Millers Circus opened for the first time in Broughton, Hampshire in 1987. The circus continues operating in the mid of the twenty first century.
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
British Circuses Programmes, 1921 - 2018
Chris Russell Collection
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.
Circus Friends Association Collection
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
Circus Photographs, 1953 - 1992
Colour and black and white photographs of Jay Miller's Circus, Mike Austin's Circus, Gerry Cottle's Circus, Robert Brothers Circus, Chipperfield's Circus, Circus Krone, Circus Paulos and Gandey's Circus including tents, performers and acts, also Bertam Mills and Blackpool Tower Circus posters, circus enthisiast events, circus models, also a wedding at Galaxy Circus.
Jay Miller's Circus Poster, Wednesday 12 - Friday 21 August c1980s
Shaldon. Colour lithograph of clown face on centre over white background with red and black type.
Jay Miller's Circus Poster, c1980 - 1989
New Mills Football Club. Colour illustration of clown.
Photographs and Postcards, c1800 - 1999
Black and white and colour photographs, negatives and photographic albums mainly containing images of British circus, circus performers, animals and circus personalities but also some menageries such as Bostock and Wombwell and other associated entertainments and non-British circuses taken by David Jamieson, Lindsay Temple, Den Curtis, Capt. Middleton, Jack Niblett and other photographers.
Posters, c1980 - 1994
Fairground, circus and steam engine rally posters collected by Chris Russell.
Posters, c1887 - 2010
Circus, variety, pantomime and magic posters including Argyle theatre, Liverpool Empire, Blackpool Tower Circus, Robert Brothers, Austen Brothers, Sorcar, Vesta Tilley, Ken Dodd, Dan Leno, Florrie Forde and others.
Programmes, c1800 - 2019
A collection of mainly British and international circus programmes and some variety and music hall programmes containing circus acts.
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- Art 1
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- Clowning 5
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- Fairs 4
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- Human cannonball 1
- Jugglers 3
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- Magic 2
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- Pantomime 3
- Performers 7
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