Bill Weeks Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs of fairgrounds and steam engines, journal articles, newspaper cuttings, correspondence and books on railways, engineering, fairgrounds and other related topics.
Dates
- Creation: c1920 - 2000
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room
Conditions Governing Use
No copies can be made of any written correspondence, copies of other material may be supplied or produced at the discretion of the National Fairground and Circus Archive, subject to copyright law and condition of material
Biographical / Historical
Bill Weeks was educated at King’s College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, later going on to lecture in agriculture and food marketing there when it became Newcastle University. He had a keen interest in steam engines and fairground organs, and was involved in the organisation of several traction engine rallies in the north-east of England. For many years he was an elected member of Newcastle City Council.
Extent
2 Box(es)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Catalogued according to type
Subject
- The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) (Organisation)
- Friendship Circle of Showland Fans. (FCSF) (c1940 - 1969) (Organisation)
- Bradley, Philip W, Active 1920 - 1999 (Person)
Cultural context
Occupation
Topical
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Created by Jane Donaldson, updated by Arantza Barrutia on Finding Aid Date field date
- Date
- 10 April 2014
- 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