Stunt performers
Found in 81 Collections and/or Records:
Motor Cycle Club Membership, 1926 - 1927
Millhouses Motor Cycle Club membership.
Newspaper Cutting from Gazeta Warszawska, 1932
Illustrated review, Poland, 2p.p.
Newspaper Cuttings, 1932 - 2016
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.
Noel Drewe Collection
A large collection of films entitled Circusama containing amateur and professional films on the themes of circus, performing animals and zoos, and edited clips from commercial Western and comedy films. The films are in a variety of formats including 8mm, Super8, 9.5mm and 16mm and contain related correspondence and notes. This collection also contains some sound reels mainly of fairground music.
Photographs, c1880 - 1970
Photographs of the Marshall, Scott, Kayes Baker and Testo families, as well as various other circus personalities and performers between 1880s and 1970s. Accompanied by a photograph album, a negative album and photographs, concerning Walter Marshall's service with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
Photographs, c1930 - 1955
Includes photographs of photographs of circus performers, compiled by Ruth Manning-Sanders.
Photographs, c1930 - 1959
Photographs of Alma and Skid Skinner.
Photographs and Negatives, 1929 - 1960
Black and white photographs and negatives related to Billy Bellhouse career as a wall of death and dirt track rider.
Photographs Related to Alma Skinner and Skid Skinner, c1930 - 1959
Black and white and sepia photographs relating to Alma Skinner (Johnson) and Skid Skinner and their Wall of Death activities. Copies from the original albums belonging to Alma Skinner.
Poole's New Mastodon Diorama Programme, 26 November 1883
Posters, c1887 - 2010
Circus, variety, pantomime and magic posters including Argyle theatre, Liverpool Empire, Blackpool Tower Circus, Robert Brothers, Austen Brothers, Sorcar, Vesta Tilley, Ken Dodd, Dan Leno, Florrie Forde and others.
Posters, c1930 - 1939
Alma and Skid Skinner wall of death posters.
Programmes, 1938 - 2000
A range of programmes for performances involving magic, as well as other variety performances.
Programmes , 1881 - 2016
Pre-Film and variety and music hall programmes mainly related to the travelling shows of Joseph Poole and Harry Poole, Harry H. Hamilton, Mapleston Brothers and Adams but it also includes other showmen.
Programmes, c1933
Wall of death programmes featuring Billy Bellhouse performing in Budapest.
Receipts and Takings Books, 1929 - 1939
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.
Rosaire’s Circus Photographs, c1936 - 1950
Ruth Manning-Sanders Collection
Sciana Smierci Handbill, c1930 - 1939
Wall of death handbills featuring Billy Bellhouse's performance at Poznan, Poland. Contain illustrations and text. 1p.
Sciana Smierci Handbill, c1930 - 1939
Wall of death handbills featuring Billy Bellhouse's performance at Poznan, Poland. One of the items contains handwritten note. Contain illustrations and text. 1p.