The Showmen's Year Book, 1917

Item — Box: Showmen's Guild Box 12

Reference code: 178H40.58

Scope and Contents

Contains a list of the members of the Central Council and District Branches, the Showmen's Guild constitution and rules, the twenty-eighth annual report, a list of honorary local chaplains, a memorandum with Showmen's views on the prohibition of pleasure fairs in munition districts, list of subscriptions to the Guild for 1916, an article on the Guild's special defence fund, sypnopsis of bye-laws, a list of wakes near Manchester, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and other towns fairs and feasts in England, Scotland and Wales and commercial advertising. Some articles are illustrated with images.

Dates

Creation: 1917

Creator

The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) (Organisation)

Conditions Governing Access

Guild records are closed to the public. Access is only permitted to Guild members. Secondary documents such as newspaper cuttings can be consulted by the general public. Access to the public may be granted upon direct request to the Showmen's Guild of Great Britain

Conditions Governing Use

Copies may be supplied or produced at the discretion of the National Fairground and Circus Archive, subject to copyright law and condition of the material