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Alfred Grey Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0093

Scope and Contents

This collection contains black and white photographs and negatives of photographs taken by Alfred Grey at Joe’s bar novelty portrait studio and a small amount of related ephemera.

Dates

  • Creation: c1960 - 1969

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Negatives not available for public view due to condition. Other items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Conditions Governing Use

Copies may be supplied by the National Fairground and Circus Archive for study or personal use only subject to condition of the material

Biographical / Historical

Alfred ‘Joe’ Grey (1904-1999) built a comic yet realistic photographic stage set featuring a make-believe bar in an old fashioned pub in his unique open-fronted shop on Strand Street, Douglas, Isle of Man. He called it Joe’s Bar and ran it with his wife Hetty and photographer son Howard between 1950 and 1971. The novelty seaside photographic set only opened during the summer months, when countless groups of holiday-makers had their photographs taken while wearing novelty hats, pretending to drink out of oversized bottles of Whisky or Guinness and appearing totally drunk.

Extent

10 Box(es) (742 rolls of 35mm photographic negatives, 269 photographs and 1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Catalogued according to type

Cultural context

Topical

Status
Completed
Author
Arantza Barrutia
Date
12 November 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

Contact:
The University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
0114 222 7231