Works of art collected by the Smart family.

Works of art collected by the Smart family.

Sketches on paper.

Pencil sketch of temple dancer, designed by Theatrical Models Ltd; pen and ink sketches of clown costumes and material, designed by Gerald Cheshire; pen and ink sketches coloured in of elephants in various costumes.

Pencil sketch of 178V12.41 with different details.

A collection of newspaper cuttings on circuses history 'The A, B, C, of the Show', a directory of circus performers and other essays and research including programmes and information about performers amongst others by Hal Thomas (David Harold Thomas). Manuscript and typewrite.

Animal training licence for Gary Smart awarded 6th March 1973.

Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm. 30 minutes long. Black and white, silent. Includes French circus. First Pathescope film released in 1926. Notched titles by Buffon.

Photographic albums containing black and white photographs of circus and performers, some notes, programmes and newspaper cuttings compiled by Peter Fox.

10th Jun to 31st October. White outline of blackpool tower, colour illustrations of a clown, elephants, a crocodile, a man swinging from a vine, six women in a waterfall and a chimpanzee in swimming trucks and a pool ring, photographs of The Chucklehounds and wrestler Big Daddy. Printed by W. E. Berry Ltd.

The Hippodrome, Great Yarmouth. David Hibling, lions, tigers, elephants, bears, pigs, mules, horses, water spectacle, aqua maidens. Colour illustration of smiley clown face on top left, female trapeze artiste below, three white horses rearing, front section of elephant, two clowns, lion, tiger and man in red jacket and white shirt, holding a top hat on his right hand on a blue background

Hippodrome, Great Yarmouth. Colour photograph of female in red, yellow and black swimming costume, clown's face and white horse over a blue background on the front cover, inside introduction, black and white and colour photographs of acts and performers with text and programme in the centre, 8p.p.

London International Circus Festival. Folding programme with poster inside with colour and black and white photographs of acts and performers and text, and programme in the back.

Celebrating 100 years 1903-2003, the Hippodrome, Great Yarmouth. Colour photograph of the Hippodrome on a black background with colour beams of light coming out of it on the top section on the front cover, inside introduction, colour photographs of acts and performers with text, programme in the centre, 8p.p.

Colour illustrations of two clowns, an acrobat, horses, an elephant, BMX riders, a lion and a tiger, background is blue, type is red, orange, yellow and white.

Hippodrome, Great Yarmouth. Water spectacle, Dale Martin wrestling with Bid Daddy. Colour illustration of smiley clown face on top left, two riders on bycicles below, a woman seated on an elephant's head on bottom right and a trapeze act on top right over an orange background

Front cover: ringmaster with the circus behind him. Inside: programme in the centre, description of acts with photos, commercial advertising. Back cover: text and Blackpool tower image. 6 pages.

Front cover: ringmaster with the circus behind him. Inside: programme in the centre, description of acts with photos, commercial advertising. Back cover: text and Blackpool tower image. 6 pages.

Front cover: group shot of the circus performers. Inside: programme in the centre, brief biography of Peter Jay, commercial advertising, information and photos of the acts. Back cover: advertisement for Blackpool.

Blackpool Pleasure Beach. Colour photograph of circus ring and curtain with neon sign above reading Peter Jay's Superdrome Circus on the front cover, inside introduction, colour photographs of acts and performers with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 8p.p.