Gerry Cottle's Circus Handbill, c1960-1999

Item

Reference code: 178T40.8

Scope and Contents

The Big Christmas Show, Tuesday 23 December to Saturday 17 January. Purple, yellow and white type on pink and blue background with blue and white illustration of smiley clown's face and roaring lion's head on right hand side and list of acts on bottom left and blue border with yellow stars, on reverse postal booking form

Dates

Creation: c1960-1999

Creator

From the Fonds: Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Hengler Grand Cirque (1844 - 1924) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919 - 2017) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Paulo Circus (Established c1900 - 1910) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Rosaire's Circus & Zoo (Established 1904) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Circus Pinder (Established 1854) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: London Hippodrome (Established 1900) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Olympia London (Established 1886) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Barnum & Bailey Circus (1881 - 1919) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Chapman Circus (1928 - 1940) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Barrett's Canadian Circus (1925 - 1956) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Robert Brothers Circus (Established 1944) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (Established 1903) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: The Agricultural Hall (1862 - 1943) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Duffy's Circus (Established c1800) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione (Established 1852) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: The Great Carmo, 1881 - 1944 (Person)
From the Fonds: The Great Carmo's Circus and Menagerie (1927 - 1937) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Keith, Charlie, 1836 - 1895 (Person)
From the Fonds: Blondin, Charles, 1824 - 1897 (Person)
From the Fonds: Bostock, Frank C., 1866 - 1912 (Person)
From the Fonds: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919 - 2017) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Beatty, Clyde, 1903 - 1965 (Person)
From the Fonds: Togare, c1904 - 1999 (Person)
From the Fonds: Jamieson, David, 1949 - 2017 (Person)
From the Fonds: Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 (Person)
From the Fonds: Sanger, George, 1825 - 1911 (Person)
From the Fonds: Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Niblett, Jack, 1909 - 1990 (Person)
From the Fonds: Kelvin Hall (Established 1918) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo (Established 1974) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Circus Busch (1903 - 1999) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Merchant, Billy (Little Billy), 1919 - 2001 (Person)
From the Fonds: Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 (Person)
From the Fonds: Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Temple, Lindsay, 1923 - 2003 (Circus enthusiast) (Person)
From the Fonds: Polyakov, Nikolai Petrovich, 1900 - 1974 (Coco the Clown) (Person)
From the Fonds: Circus Sarrasani (c1902 - 1977) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Jay Miller's Circus (Established 1986) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Gerry Cottle's Circus (1974 - 2003) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Circus Krone (Established 1905) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Circus Ginnett (Established c1800) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Arnold, Tom, 1897 - 1969 (Person)
From the Fonds: Knight, Laura, Dame, 1877 - 1970 (Person)
From the Fonds: Circus Roncalli (Established 1976) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Huxter, Percy, 1890 - 1960 (Person)
From the Fonds: Circus Barum (1878 - 2008) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Cottle, Gerry, 1945 - 2021 (Person)
From the Fonds: Circus Knie (Established 1803) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Circus Archaos (Established 1986) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Cirque Jean Richard (c1957 - 1990) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 (Person)
From the Fonds: The London Palladium (Established 1910) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Thames Television (Established 1968) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Circus of Horrors (Established 1995) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Stars in der Manege (1959 - 2008) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain (Established 1977) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Cirque du Soleil (Established 1984) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Circus Pinder (Established 1854) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: World's Fair Publications Limited (Established 1904) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Olympia London (Established 1886) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: The Association of Circus Proprietors of Great Britain (Established 1934) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Van Buren, Fred, Born c1930 (Person)
From the Fonds: Yokoi, Lilly, Born 1929 (Person)
From the Fonds: Van Amburgh, Isaac, 1808 - 1865 (Person)
From the Fonds: Batty, William, 1801 - 1868 (Person)
From the Fonds: Astley's Amphitheatre (1773 - 1891) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: David Smart's Super Circus (c1980 - 1983) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Glasgow Empire Theatre (1897 - 1963) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Bingley Hall (1850 - 1984) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Jay, Peter, Born 1944 (Person)
From the Fonds: Chipperfield, Jimmy (James), 1912 - 1990 (Person)
From the Fonds: Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Established 1896) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: W. E. Berry Ltd (1888 - 2004) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Battersea Park Amusement Park (1858 - 1972) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Wilsons Group Services (Established c1860) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Cole Bros. Circus (c1884 - 1957) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Circus Medrano (Established 1875) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Zippos Circus (Established 1986) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Giffords Circus (Established 2000) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Circus Busch-Roland (c1884 - 2018) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Polito's Menagerie (c1810 - 1830) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Royal Exeter Menagerie (1773 - 1829) (The Strand, London) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Circus (Established c1957) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: Battersea Park Amusement Park (1858 - 1972) (Organisation)
From the Fonds: David Smart's Super Circus (c1980 - 1983) (Organisation)

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