Bill Garbett Collection
Scope and Contents
Colour and black and white photographs mainly taken by Bill Garbett of fairgrounds, fairground rides, fairground organs and transport owned by Pat Collins Fun Fair, Carters Steam Fair and the showman Alfred Stevens.
Dates
- Creation: 1937 - 1994
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room
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
Biographical / Historical
Bill Garbett was a Birmingham man whose interests embraced the fairground, particularly fairground organs, and railways. During the 1950s he photographed some of the Pat Collins firm’s steam engines during their final days in use on the fairground.
His passion for fairground rides is reflected in the images which feature in this collection, especially of those of Carter's fair in the 1980s. The early black and white photographs were collected from other photographers and feature examples of fairground transport, however, most images were taken by Bill Garbett. Later colour photographs show a variety of fairground rides including Carter's Gallopers an Octopus and Arthur Stevens' Lighthouse Slip circa 1986 and scenes of fairs such as Nottingham Goose Fair.
Extent
154 Item(s)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Catalogued according to type
Subject
- Pat Collins Fun Fairs (Established 1899) (Organisation)
- Carters Steam Fair (1977 - 2022) (Organisation)
Cultural context
Topical
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Created by Ian Trowell, updated by Arantza Barrutia
- Date
- 9 February 2015
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Fairground and Circus Archive Repository
The University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
0114 222 7231
lib-special@sheffield.ac.uk