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Billy Bellhouse Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0038
 

Billy Bellhouse Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0038

Photographs, handbills, newspaper reports and financial records relating to Billy Bellhouse and his life as a wall of death rider as well as other performers.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: 1914 - 1960
Creation: 2016
Extent
4 Box(es) (247 photographs, 54 negatives and 2 boxes)
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Kelvin Hall (Established 1918)
Angolpark (Established 1910)
Language of Materials
English
Script
Latin
Language of Materials
Hungarian
Script
Latin
Language of Materials
Polish
Script
Latin
Language of Materials
Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan
Script
Latin
Language of Materials
Spanish; Castilian
Script
Latin
Language of Materials
German
Script
Latin

Photographs and Negatives, 1929 - 1960

 Series
Reference code: 178C59

Black and white photographs and negatives related to Billy Bellhouse career as a wall of death and dirt track rider.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: 1929 - 1960
Extent
304 Item(s) (250 photographs and 54 negatives)
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Language of Materials
English
Script
Latin

Black and white photographs related to Billy Bellhouse career as a wall of death and dirt track rider including wall of death shows and fairground shows, mainly in the United Kingdom Eastern Europe. Also some personal photographs showing leisure times, family members and friends.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: 1929 - 1960
Extent
304 Item(s) (250 photographs and 54 negatives)
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Language of Materials
English
Script
Latin

Correspondence, c1930 - 1950

 Series
Reference code: 178F8

Business correspondence addressed to Billy Bellhouse related to his career as a wall of death rider.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: c1930 - 1950
Extent
8 Item(s)
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Language of Materials
English
Script
Latin

Letters addressed to Billy Bellhouse relating to business, legal and performing matters. Manuscript and typescript.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: c1930 - 1950
Extent
8 Item(s)
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Language of Materials
English
Script
Latin

Newspaper Cuttings, 1932 - 2016

 Series
Reference code: 178G15

Various newspaper reports and articles in Hungarian and Polish about Billy Bellhouse's performances on the wall of death, some have been translated. Also an article about the closure of the chip shop business.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: 1932 - 2016
Extent
1 Folder(s)
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Language of Materials
Polish
Script
Latin
Language of Materials
Hungarian
Script
Latin
Language of Materials
English
Script
Latin

Newspaper reports from Budapest with translations, one Newspaper from Poznan, Poland, one letter, original and one photocopy, also a cutting from The Star about family chip shop closing down.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: 1932
Creation: 2016
Extent
1 Folder(s)
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Language of Materials
Polish
Script
Latin
Language of Materials
English
Script
Latin

Newspaper Cutting from Gazeta Warszawska, 1932

 Item
Reference code: 178G15.2

Illustrated review, Poland, 2p.p.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: 1932
Extent
1 Item(s) ; 262mm x 355mm
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Language of Materials
Polish
Script
Latin

Business Records, 1929 - 1939

 Series
Reference code: 178H5

Various receipts and takings books for Billy Bellhouse including material from his tours abroad.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: 1929 - 1939
Extent
25 Item(s)
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Language of Materials
English
Script
Latin

Receipts and Takings Books, 1929 - 1939

 File
Reference code: 178H5.1

Receipts and takings books for Billy Bellhouse. Includes receipts for stays in Gibraltar, application for work with Sheffield Corporation Tramways and contract for riding a Wall of Death in Budapest. Manuscript and typescript.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: 1929 - 1939
Extent
25 Item(s)
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Language of Materials
English
Script
Latin

Programmes, c1933

 Series
Reference code: 178K6

Wall of death programmes featuring Billy Bellhouse performing in Budapest.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: c1933
Extent
5 Item(s)
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Angolpark (Established 1910)
Language of Materials
Hungarian
Script
Latin

Budapest Angolpark Programme, August 1933

 Item
Reference code: 178K6.1

Wall of death programme featuring Billy Bellhouse performing in Budapest. Contains illustrations and text. 20p.p.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: August 1933
Extent
1 Item(s) ; 155mm x 112mm
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Angolpark (Established 1910)
Language of Materials
Hungarian
Script
Latin

Budapest Angolpark Programme, July 1933

 Item
Reference code: 178K6.2

Wall of death programme featuring Billy Bellhouse performing in Budapest. Contains illustrations and text. 20p.p.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: July 1933
Extent
1 Item(s) ; 155mm x 112mm
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Angolpark (Established 1910)
Language of Materials
Hungarian
Script
Latin

Budapest Angolpark Programme, c1933

 Item
Reference code: 178K6.3

Wall of death programme featuring Billy Bellhouse performing in Budapest. Contains illustrations and text. 20p.p.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: c1933
Extent
1 Item(s) ; 155mm x 112mm
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Angolpark (Established 1910)
Language of Materials
Hungarian
Script
Latin

Budapest Angolpark Programme, July 1933

 Item
Reference code: 178K6.4

Wall of death programme featuring Billy Bellhouse performing in Budapest. Contains illustrations and text. 20p.p.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: July 1933
Extent
1 Item(s) ; 155mm x 112mm
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Angolpark (Established 1910)
Language of Materials
Hungarian
Script
Latin

Budapest Angolpark Programme, c1933

 Item
Reference code: 178K6.5

Wall of death programme featuring Billy Bellhouse performing in Budapest. Contains illustrations and text. 20p.p.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: c1933
Extent
1 Item(s) ; 155mm x 112mm
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Angolpark (Established 1910)
Language of Materials
Hungarian
Script
Latin

Handbills, c1930 - 1939

 Series
Reference code: 178T5

Wall of death handbills featuring Billy Bellhouse and other wall of death riders in shows around the United Kingdom and tours around Eastern Europe.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: c1930 - 1939
Extent
62 Item(s)
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Language of Materials
English
Script
Latin
Language of Materials
Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan
Script
Latin
Language of Materials
Polish
Script
Latin
Language of Materials
German
Script
Latin

Wall of death handbills featuring Billy Bellhouse and Danny Carter in Romania. Contain illustrations and text. 1p.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: c1930 - 1939
Extent
3 Item(s) ; 155mm x 103mm
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Language of Materials
Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan
Script
Latin

Wall of death handbill featuring the Crazy Liverpool Girl, Fred Farrow and Cyclone Billy Bellhouse at Tower Gardens, New Brighton.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: c1930 - 1939
Extent
1 Item(s) ; 128mm x 190mm
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Language of Materials
English
Script
Latin

Sciana Smierci Handbill, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178T5.3

Wall of death handbills featuring Billy Bellhouse's performance at Poznan, Poland. Contain illustrations and text. 1p.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: c1930 - 1939
Extent
8 Item(s) ; 156mm x 238mm
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Language of Materials
Polish
Script
Latin
 

Sciana Smierci Handbill, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178T5.5

Wall of death handbills featuring Billy Bellhouse's performance at Poznan, Poland. One of the items contains handwritten note. Contain illustrations and text. 1p.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: c1930 - 1939
Extent
8 Item(s) ; 156mm x 238mm
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Language of Materials
Polish
Script
Latin

Sciana Smierci Handbill, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178T5.6

Wall of death handbills featuring Billy Bellhouse's performance at Poznan, Poland. Contain illustrations and text. 1p.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: c1930 - 1939
Extent
2 Item(s) ; 156mm x 238mm
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Language of Materials
Polish
Script
Latin

Sciana Smierci Handbill, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178T5.7

Wall of death handbills featuring Billy Bellhouse's performance at Poznan, Poland. Contain illustrations and text. 1p.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: c1930 - 1939
Extent
2 Item(s) ; 232mm x 156mm
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Language of Materials
Polish
Script
Latin

Wall of death handbills for Luna Park, Bucharest, Romania. Also advertisment for the film King Kong. Three pink items and thirteen yellow ones with stamps.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: c1930 - 1939
Extent
16 Item(s) ; 138mm x 211mm
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Language of Materials
Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan
Script
Latin
Language of Materials
German
Script
Latin

Wizards on the Wall Handbill, c1931

 Item
Reference code: 178T5.9

Wall of death handbills featuring Fearless Fred Farrow and Cyclone Billy Bellhouse performing at Tower Gardens, New Brighton. Printed by Wallasey Printers Ltd.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: c1931
Extent
19 Item(s) ; 127mm x 189mm
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Language of Materials
English
Script
Latin

Wall of death handbill featuring Billy Bellhouse and Danny Carter. Small handbill with black and white photographs of Billy Bellhouse and Danny Carter's act on the wall of death.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: c1930 - 1939
Extent
1 Item(s) ; 155mm x 103mm
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Language of Materials
Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan
Script
Latin

HOBO! HOBO! Handbill, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178T5.12

Wall of death handbill featuring Billy Bellhouse and Tommy Campbell performing on the wall of death.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: c1930 - 1939
Extent
1 Item(s) ; A5
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Language of Materials
English
Script
Latin

Bert Round Handbill, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178T5.13

Wall of death handbill containing a photograph of Bert Round.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: c1930 - 1939
Extent
1 Item(s) ; 235mm x 140mm
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Language of Materials
English
Script
Latin

Various Items, 1914 - 1935

 Series
Reference code: 178Z15

Various items related to Billy Bellhouse's private and professional life including tickets, membership cards and touring memorabilia.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: 1914 - 1935
Extent
1 Box(es)
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Kelvin Hall (Established 1918)
Language of Materials
English
Script
Latin
Language of Materials
Hungarian
Script
Latin
Language of Materials
Polish
Script
Latin
Language of Materials
Spanish; Castilian
Script
Latin

Roller Skating Ticket, 1929

 Item
Reference code: 178Z15.1

Complimentary pass for roller skating at the Sheffield Owlerton Stadium.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: 1929
Extent
1 Item(s)
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Language of Materials
English
Script
Latin

Speedway Club Membership, 1927

 Item
Reference code: 178Z15.2

South Yorkshire Sports Stadium Speedway Club membership

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: 1927
Extent
1 Item(s)
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Language of Materials
English
Script
Latin

Track Riders Membership, 1929

 Item
Reference code: 178Z15.3

Northern Association of Track Riders membership.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: 1929
Extent
1 Item(s)
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Language of Materials
English
Script
Latin

Motor Cycle Club Membership, 1926 - 1927

 Item
Reference code: 178Z15.4

Millhouses Motor Cycle Club membership.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: 1926 - 1927
Extent
1 Item(s)
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Language of Materials
English
Script
Latin

Blank envelopes for Williams International Amusement Caterer.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: c1920 - 1939
Extent
4 Item(s)
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Language of Materials
English
Script
Latin

Letter headed stationary for William und Mineo.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: c1920 - 1939
Extent
1 Item(s)
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Language of Materials
English
Script
Latin

Billy Bellhouse Cartoon, 1930

 Item
Reference code: 178Z15.7

Cartoon featuring Billy Bellhouse.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: 1930
Extent
1 Item(s)
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Language of Materials
English
Script
Latin

Bill Bellhouse's Business Card, c1920 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178Z15.8

Billy Bellhouse's business card.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: c1920 - 1939
Extent
1 Item(s)
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Language of Materials
English
Script
Latin

Danny Carter's Business Card, c1920 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178Z15.9

Danny Carter's business card.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: c1920 - 1939
Extent
1 Item(s)
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Language of Materials
English
Script
Latin

Card for Piccanis Act, 1933

 Item
Reference code: 178Z15.10

Piccanis Act business card from Budapest.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: 1933
Extent
1 Item(s)
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Language of Materials
Hungarian
Script
Latin

Remembrance Card, c1920 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178Z15.11

Remembrance card from Mrs Collins.

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Dates
Creation: c1920 - 1939
Extent
1 Item(s)
Related Names
Bellhouse, Billy (William), 1907 - 1980
Language of Materials
English
Script
Latin
 
 
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