Fairs
Found in 973 Collections and/or Records:
Slides of Kirkaldy Fair, 18 May 1981
Colour slides taken at Kirkaldy Fair by George McIndoe as inserts to a documentary on Scottish fairgrounds. Most of the images cover the arrival and build up of the rides, trucks and wagons and some show fairground families, including Testo, Biddall and Wilmot's. There are also photographs of the opening ceremony with the Lord Mayor and other dignitaries and members of the Showman's Guild as well as Carl Pinder's with his clown face painting both and a series of the fair at night.
Smart Family Collection
This collection contains posters, programmes, letters, film, business records and a large number of family and circus photographs. This unique family collection charts the history of the Smart family from their beginnings as fairground showmen to presenting one of the greatest British circuses.
South Tyne Traction Engine Rally Programme, 16 - 17 June 1979
South Tyne Traction Engine Rally, Nick Grange Farm, Hexham. Printed: Newcastle, Dunelm Publishing Company. 24pp, illustrated.
South Yorkshire Traction Engine Club Steam Traction and Veteran Vehicle Rally Programme, 17 - 18 May 1964
South Yorkshire Traction Engine Club Steam Traction and Veteran Vehicle Rally, Wadworth, near Doncaster. 32pp, illustrated.
Specimen Book of Stock Cuts, Ledger Job Office, 1869
Illustrated sampler of stocks of American circus, fairground and theatrical posters. Printed by the Enquirer Printing Company, 519p.p.
Stalls on South Street Plan, 1968
Ilkeston Corporation Annual Fair. 3 Copies.
Stanley Fun Fair Poster, 18 - 21 August c1975
Shaw. 3 big rides, coconut shy, bingo stall. Red and blue type on yellow background.
Steam Engine Rally and Fete Programme, 11 June 1962
Steam Engine Rally and Fete, Elham, near Canterbury. 8p.p with illustrations.
Steam Engine Rally and Fete Programme, 3 June 1963
Elham, near Canterbury. 8p.p with illustrations.
Steam Engine Rally Film. Part 1 and Part 2 , 1959
Silent, colour film of steam engine rallies showing fairground rides including; Switchback Gonddolas, Gallopers, steam yachts and Big Wheel. Original on 8mm, copied to D-BETA and DVD 5 by Joanna Braithwaite.
Steam Fair and Traction Engine Rally Programme, 17 - 18 June 1967
Steam Fair and Traction Engine Rally, Castle Howard, Yorkshire. Promoted by Pickering Traction Engine Club. 40pp, illustrated.
Steam Fair, Oxford Fair, Linda in Spain, Brands Hatch Film, 1959
Amateur film shot by George Bolesworth of British steam fairs and family holiday abroad. 8mm format. Silent. Colour.
Steam Fair Recording, c1907 - 2001
Fairground Music. 1/4 Audio Reel. Recording by Robert Allen (Sound) Ltd.
Steam Fair Recording, c1907 - 2001
Fairground Music, Traction Engines. 1/4 Audio Reel. Recording by Robert Allen (Sound) Ltd.
Steam Fair Recording, 1978
Fairground Music. Suffolk. 1/4 Audio Reel. Recording by Robert Allen (Sound) Ltd.
Steam Fayre Film, c1907 - 2001
Super8, Mountain Films Ltd. 200 feet, 12 minutes long. In Colour, with Sound. Copied to DVD 7 and DIGI-BETA. Note reads 'sound on this copy in Arabic?'
Stillington Traction Engine Committee Steam Working Programme, 30 September c1970
Stillington Traction Engine Committee Steam Working, York. 16pp.
Street Maps with Annotated Plans, 1968 - 1971
Street maps with annotated plans, for the 1971 fair and the 1968 fair. Typescript.
Stroud Vintage Transport and Engine Club 6th Vintage Rally Handbill, Saturday 6 - Sunday 7 September c1980s
Oldends Lane, Stonhouse, Gloucestershire. Blue type and illustration of steam engine on white background.
Stuart Johnstone Collection
Photographs of rides, fairgrounds, traction engines and organs taken by a number of individuals as well as detailed notebooks. His notebooks are essentially digested versions of the World's Fair and include chronological guides to fairs, machines for sale, parks, engines and families.