Photographs, programmes, plans, trade and advertising material, tickets, badges and other items of ephemera for British theme parks and attractions, including Alton Towers, Pleasure Land, Thorpe Park and Legoland.

The collection comprises Hal Fisher’s extensive research on Blackpool Tower Circus including an index of performers and a variety of research materials. The collection also contains photo albums and programmes taken from his work and travels.

Handbills for travelling shows, fairs, exhibitions and performances in London.

Handbills for travelling shows, fairs, exhibitions and performances at venues outside London.

Photographs related to Harder Jonsson and his work at circuses such as the Riskett, Chipperfields and Jeserich Circus as an animal trainer, also some family photographs.

16mm, Kodak. Stockwell Cine Short. Black and White, Silent. Commercial film.

9.5mm. 200 feet, 8 minutes long. Colour, silent. Possibly parts 1 and 2 on one reel. Includes Walton Zoo footage.

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 300 Feet. In Colour, with Sound. Amateur film, supplied by C. W. Cramp.

Minutes of the meeting held to propose the formation of the Association of Amusement Park Proprietors of Great Britain and minutes of the Inaugural General Meeting of the Association of Amusement Park Proprietors of Great Britain. Typewrite. 5p.p.

Minutes of meetings of Europarks Federation contained in one ring binder.

Minutes of meetings of the British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions' Annual General Meetings, Committee of Management Meetings, The British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions Parks Sub-Group and ad hoc JAC working party dated between 1950-1994 and 2002-2004, no records between 1994 and 2002.

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. 400 feet, 30 minutes long. 'Chessington Zoo Animals' filmed by Reg Charman. It’s the Circus features Bertram Mills.

Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm, G.B. Equipment Ltd. 8 minutes long. Black and white with sound. Includes Chessington Zoo and Lord George Sanger's football dogs. Copied to DVD 2 and DIGI-BETA.

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.

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Includes; Paris Revue comedy sketch. Performing pig and cattle in Portugal. African elephants and lions at Krugel Park, South Africa. Ken Maynard. Mountain animals. Tom Mix Destry. High and Dizzy Leon Errol. Dorothy Granger and Irma Trude The Chiken. Penguins from Chessington Zoo. John Wayne in Stagecoach. George Bancroft and Thomas Michael in Paris Revue finale.

Black and white and colour photographs related mainly to Harder Jonsson and his career as an animal trainers. Also some images of family members. Contains a large amount of images of wild animals used in the circus and some zoos.

Photographs and postcards of Alton Towers, Chessington World of Adverntures, Crystal Palace and Thorpe Park, showing sites, rides and other amusements.

Pin badges of varying sizes and designs from different attractions and theme parks including, 18 from Alton Towers, 3 from Chester Zoo, 3 from Paultons Park, 3 from Thorpe Park, 2 from Flamingo Park Zoo, 1 from American Theme Park, 1 from West Midland Safari Park, 1 from Drayton Manor Park, 1 from Woburn Abbey, 1 from Woburn Wild Animal Kingdom, 1 from National Railway Museum, 1 from British Museum, 1 from Science Museum and 1 from Techniquest.