National Fairground and Circus Archive
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Archives covering the history of fairgrounds, circus and allied entertainments including magic & variety performers.
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https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/special-collections-heritage-and-archives 12-05-2011 09:08:43
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Great day at the archive with the showmen. Thank you for coming and taking part in the creative writing and drawing sessions and thank you The National Lottery Heritage Fund North The National Lottery Heritage Fund for their support Colleen-Future4Fairgrounds The University of Sheffield Uni of Sheffield Special Collections Traveller Pride Sheldon Chadwick The Showmen's Mental Health Charity
#RLUKICIL | It’s All a Show: Fairground Showmen, Identity & Mental Health
Aran National Fairground and Circus Archive & Sheldon Chadwick The Showmen's Mental Health Charity will discuss their project to surface hidden voices from fairground community & engage new audiences.
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Thank you Nexus Multi Academy Trust for bringing two classes to run philosophy workshops with Rosie Carnall using Sheldon Chadwick exhibition. It was a pleasure to host them Uni of Sheffield Special Collections The University of Sheffield University of Sheffield Library The National Lottery Heritage Fund The National Lottery Heritage Fund North
World Fun Fair Month will take place again in September! It not only celebrates the #fairground industry on a global scale it also raises awareness of our unique #Showman community. The #WorldFunFairMonth logo is at the heart of our campaign #strongertogether 🎠🫱🏼🫲🏻🌍 and changes
Fred KARNO born #OTD 1865 in Exeter. #MusicHall impresario - his troupes of sketch comics (Karno's Army) included #CharlieChaplin #StanLaurel #FredKitchen #HarryWeldon #WillHay . We had an excellent talk last Autumn from his recent biographer, David B Crump