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Showman

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 782 Collections and/or Records:

Business Records, 1960 - 2007

 Series
Reference code: 178H41
Scope and Contents

Business records encompassing Michelle's role as the Education Officer for the Showmen's Guild, the education of children showmen and the Children's Benevolent Fund competition.

Dates: 1960 - 2007

Business Records, 1931 - 1956

 Series
Reference code: 178H26
Scope and Contents

Various business records related to the Dobson family's business in the faiground.

Dates: 1931 - 1956

Business Records, 1931 - 1974

 Series
Reference code: 178H33
Scope and Contents

Billy Wood's business records including boxers' personal details and promotional images.

Dates: 1931 - 1974

Business Records Relating to Billy Wood's Boxing Booth, 1931 - 1974

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178H33.1
Scope and Contents Billy Wood's business records including address books, boxing and wrestling fight details including names of fighters and locations, takings ledger, personal contact directory from 1932 to 1959, business cards for himself and F. Ward amusement caterer, Showmen's Guild membership cards for 1971 and 1974, Ilkeston market toll fair deposit and receipts, a cheque, receipts and correspondence from Orton and Spooner for the construction of show fronts in 1931, City of Nottingham notices to...
Dates: 1931 - 1974

Capitol Ystalyfera Poster, 10 February 1930

 Item
Reference code: 178R53.39
Scope and Contents

Al Jolson the singing fool, Talkies. Red, blue and yellow type on off white background and yellow border. Printed by Willsons', Printers, Leicester.

Dates: 10 February 1930

Carmencita No. 2 Film, 10 - 16 March 1894

 Item
Reference code: 178D12.9
Scope and Contents

Nitrate film by Edison [EMP 28.1]. Prod., f./ph: W. K. L. Dickson, William Heise; cast: Carmencita Dancing routine, showing a woman dancing on a stage.

Dates: 10 - 16 March 1894

Carters Royal Berkshire Steam Fair Handbill, 2 - 25 August c1980s

 Item
Reference code: 178T37.1
Scope and Contents

Weston-super-Mare. Colour bi-fold handbill with photographic images and red and white type containing celebrity reviews.

Dates: 2 - 25 August c1980s

Celine Williams Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0008
Scope and Contents

A collection of 5 black and white photographs, four relate to the Silcock Brothers' dodgems and arcades in the 1950s, and one to Whites' stall.

Dates: c1950 - 1959

Central Park Fun Fair Poster, 5 - 14 May c1975

 Item
Reference code: 178R11.954
Scope and Contents

Friar Wood car park, Dagenham. G. Eddy. Black and red type on yellow background.

Dates: 5 - 14 May c1975

Certificate, 10 August 1892

 Item
Reference code: 178Z64.14
Scope and Contents

Document certifying that Fred Lionel Mayer did his first appearance on Poole's New Myriorama with signatures on the bottom section, on Poole's Myriorama letter headed paper with red and white illustrations of people from around the world standing behing a globe held by a cherub and the figure of Britannia pointing a trident towards it. Manuscript.

Dates: 10 August 1892

Certificate of Service, c1945

 Item
Reference code: 178Z28.76
Scope and Contents

Certificate of war Service for John Sanger, 4p.p.

Dates: c1945

Chairoplane and Domestic Scenes Drawings, 13 July 1943

 Item
Reference code: 178V21.5
Scope and Contents

Various sketches glued to a sheet of paper showing pencil, ink, watercolour and goache drawings of a chairoplane ride and showmen and women carrying domestic tasks in their caravans by Margaret Whitaker.

Dates: 13 July 1943

Charles Taylor Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0069
Scope and Contents

The Charles Taylor collection is a fine example of Taylor’s of Wombwell printers’ posters, which highlight changes in printing techniques, fashion and taste within the popular entertainment industry. Included are examples of posters for pantomimes, fairs and circuses. The collection also contains handbills and other advertising material.

Dates: c1937 - 1989

Children Showmen's Education Materials, 1990 - 2004

 File — Box Michelle Leonard Box 4: Series 178H41
Reference code: 178H41.4
Scope and Contents

Showmen children education materials including learning cards, parent's education record, educational booklets, education contactsfor travelling families, parent's views of distance learning, Devon curriculum advice, early years material, professional skills for fairground enterpreneurs vocational GCSEs document, Young LGV driver scheme, a copy of Traveller's Times and a bag for parents to keep their children's educational records.

Dates: 1990 - 2004

Children's Benevolent Fund Records, 2001 - 2002

 File — Box Michelle Leonard Box 5: Series 178H41; Series 178U12
Reference code: 178H41.5
Scope and Contents

Records related to the Children's Benevolent Fund fundraising campaign containing the children's challenge booklet, children's competition entries, some correspondence, poems and samples of blank certificates. Also contains a donations collection bucket.

Dates: 2001 - 2002

Chris Russell Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0112
Scope and Contents

This collection contains five boxes of original photographic material including negatives and slides, a small amount of fairground journals, newspaper cuttings, correspondence, six audio tapes and a small amount of posters and handbills all related to the fairground and steam rally events.

Dates: 1971 - 2013

Christopher Palmer Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0105
Scope and Contents

Circus programmes and VHS tapes from Billy Smart’s Circus and Chipperfields’s Circus collected during the 1970s and early 1980s by the TV producer, Christopher John Palmer. There are also a number of promotional photographs of artistes and other ephemera related to the circus.

Dates: 1973 - 1983

Circus Family Trees and Brief History Research Material, c1900 - 1999

 File
Reference code: 178B30.17
Scope and Contents

Booklets containing family trees and biographical information by Hal Thomas (David Harold Thomas), in English and French. Manuscript.

Dates: c1900 - 1999

Circus Friends Association Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0122
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a large library of books and journals, as well as archival material including posters, programmes, photographs, films, handbills, research material, scrapbooks, original artwork and many other items of ephemera relating to British, Irish and European circuses

Dates: 1795 - 2020

Circus Photographs, c1800 - 1989

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178C108.1181-5133
Scope and Contents

Black and white and colour photographs and postcards of circus performers, acts, showmen, circus scenes, transport, performing animals and people, some images contain press release information and other pieces of information about the acts.

Dates: c1800 - 1989