King Pole Extras

Featuring the collection of the Circus Friends Association of Great Britian from the National Fairground & Circus Archive

Celebrates 250 years since the birth of the Circus in London 1768

70 Studies of Circus by Stewart Waghorn RCA

Contents:

Introduction

Circus Archiecture - Arrival - Big Tops - Build Up - Ring Fence - Mats - Ring Entrances - Transport Lettering

Circus Acts - Bareback Riding - Liberty Horses - High School - Clowns - Flying Trapeze - High Wire - Space Wheel - Low Wire - Ground Acrobats - Perch - Hand to Hand Balacing - Juggling - Cycling - Contortionism - Trampoline - Hoop Diving - Chinese Masts - Hula Hoops - Elephants - Big Cage Props

Index

Contents:

Appy Arry 1908-1942 - Reco`s First Circus 1942 - The Dark Tower 1942/3 - 2nd Season 1943 - London Palladium 1943/4 - 3rd Season 1944 - British Circus Life 1944 - G.L.Birch`s 1944/5 - 4th Season 1945 - 5th Season 1946 - Winter Tour 1946/7 - 6th Season 1947 - Winter Season 1947/8 - 7th Season 1948 

Reco receives an offer 1948 - Variety 1949/53 - Europe & Mills 1953-1965 - Circus Reco 1969 - Jesrich 1st Season 1949 - Jeserich Stage Tour 1949/50 - Jeserich 2nd Season 1950 - Jeserich Theatre Tour 1950 - Jeserich 3rd Season 1951

Contents:

Introduction - My First Visit 

1: Smart`s Lions 1946-1960

2: Smart`s Polar Bears 1953-1972

3: Smart`s Tigers 1968-1971

4: The Visiting Wild Animal Acts of Billy Smart`s Circus

Contents:

Circuses in the UK & Ireland - Summary & Timeline

Introduction - 1768 Astley, Ducrow, Sanger, Fossett - 1898 Barnum & Bailey

1929 Carmo`s legacy

1930s - The British Circus Scene & The Start of the Circus Fans Association

1940s - 1950s The British Tenting Scene in 1955 - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000s - 2010s - 2015

Contents:

1: Family Trees & Sanger Timeline 2: History & Heritage 3: The John Sanger Family 4: Long-serving Employees 5: On The Road 6: The Elephants 7: The Horses / The Royal Creams 8: The Lions & Clemens Merk 9: The One and Only Pimpo 10: The Artists 11: Dick Turpin`s Ride to York 12: The Programmes

Contents:

Introduction

1: 1820s to 1920s - Travelling Menageries and Hagenbeck`s Wonder Zoo

2: 1920 to 1944 - CB Chapman - Clem Merk - Cossmy - Pat Bourne - Alfred Court - Togare

3: 1945 to 1969 - Gilbert Houcke - Fenella - Trubka - Doris Arndt - Harry Belli - Gerd Siemoneit - Charley Baumann - Eugen Weidmann - Alex Kerr - Charles Illeneb - Bouncing Lions - Tommy Kayes - Johnny Kayes - Captain Sydney Howes - Bailey Fossett

4: 1970s to 1980s - Richard Chipperfield - Graham Thomas Chipperfield - Mary Chipperfield - Colin Timmis - Suzanne Chipperfield - Marcel Peters - Jason Peters - Jim Clubb

5: 1990s to 2013 - Martin Lacey - Tom Dieck Jur - Susan Lacey - Alex Lacey - Martin Lacey Jnr

Contents:

A Childhood in Nottinghamshire - Joe Gandey`s Circus - Sir Robert Fossett`s Circus - Harlow and the Playhouse - Austen Brothers Circus - Circus Olympus 

The European Entertainment Corporation: The Moscow State Circus - Cottle & Austen Circus - The Chinese Sate Circus

The Life & Career of Yasmine Smart

Contents: 

Dedication - Timeline

1: The Steys & the Smarts 2: My grandfather, Billy Smart 3: Growing up on Billy Smart`s Circus 4: From Shetland ponies to Schererazade 5: Circuses on TV and the baby elephants 6: Royal Windsor Big Top Show 7: Horses from Hagenbeck`s and Bailaor 8: David Smart`s Super Circus 9: Summer in Great Yarmouth 10: Monte Carlo Circus Festival 11: Blackpool Tower Circus 12: Royal Gala for Aids charities 13: Circus Roncalli in Germany 14: America the Big Apple 15: Back in Britian

From Cirque Medrano Medrano In Paris To Boswell - Wilkie In South Africa

Contents:

1: Born in a Showman`s Trunk 2: Medrano in the heart of Paris 3: Passage Paid to South Africa 4: My Life Changes Forever 5: On Tour in Southern Africa 6: Away From The Circus 7: Back To The Circus 8: Countering TV with the Chinese Circus 9: Changes at Boswell-Wilkies 10: I Join Billy Smart`s - Briefly 11: Ringmaster for the Moscow State Circus

Appendix - The Carre Dynasty by Mark Twitchett

An Album of 100 Photographs

Contents:

Circus on TV - a 50 Year Phenomenon? - Derek Burrell-Davis`s Visit to the Soviet State Circus for the BBC

British TV Circuses - A Photo Album - Billy Smart`s Circus / BBC - Cottle & Austin and Gerry Cottle / BBC - Chipperfield`s Circus / Thames Television - Billy Smart`s Circus Windsor in 1977 / BBC - Circus World Championships / ITV & BBC - Roberts Brother`s Circus / BBC - Billy Smart`s Circus / Thames Television - Cirque du Celebrite / Gandey Organisation / Sky One

My TV Ambition - The Future of Circus on British TV

My Early Life in Variety & Circus By Johnny Hutch MBE

Contents:

1: Small Boy Wanted 2: The Other Side of the Lights 3: Apprentice Acrobat 4: Characters of the Troupe 5: Portraits at the Argyle 6: From Wigan to London 7: Back in the Smoke 8: Life in London 9: A Move 10: Christmas at the Agricultural Hall 11: Four Men High 12: Gracie Fields at the London Palladium and Blackpool at Easter 13: Royal Command Performance 14: Touring with American Stars 15: At the Hippodrome 16: A Trip Home 17: By Train to London 18: With Jack Buchanan 19: Meeting Jean 20: Teeterboard 21: 1939-1945 The War Years 22: 1945-1956 Post War 

Appendices: Chronology - Obituaries & Tributes - Photo Album 1950-2006

Contents:

Introduction - History of the Water Show - American Water Shows - Water Shows in Britian - Water Shows in Circus - The London Hippodrome - Dancing Waters - Continental Circus Buildings with Water Shows - Cirque Du Soleil And `O` - Dragone`s `Le Reve` in Vegas - British Water Shows in Circus - Blackpool Tower - Laci Endresz - Great Yarmouth Hippodrome - Peter Jay - Further Reading

A selection of photographs from the albums of the late Hal Fisher, a founder member of the CFA + entries from Harder Johsson`s diary`s 

Contents:

Introduction - Circus Buildings - The Touring Circus - Circus Transport - The Build-Up - On With The Show - The Clowns - Circus Acts - Circus Programme Parade - Circus Animal Welfare - British Circuses - Irish Circuses - Circus Schools & Youth Circuses - Great Circuses of the World - Circus Festivals - Circus Heritage - More Information

Devoted to the CFA Library

Contents:

Animal Acts - Colour Advertising - Barnum & Bailey in France - Big Cats - Blackpool Tower - Bostock - Colour Barnum & Bailey in Germany - Colour Buildings & Big Tops - Colour Clowns - Elephants - Colour Pinder Cavalcade - Sir Robert Fossett`s Circus - 

William Gilbert`s Circus - Hagenbecks - Horses & Riders - Human Performers - Colour Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey - Pinder - Route Cards - Royal Italian Circus

Devoted to the CFAs Archive of British circus material catalogued by Malcolm Clay.

Contents:

Looking Back: 1900s - 1910s - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s & 1990s

Looking Forward: Contributions from Peter Jay, Martin Zippo Burton, David Harris, Tony Hopkins, Charlie Holland, Chris Barltrop, Fraser Dudgeon, Sandy Davidson, Mark Twitchett, Gerry Cottle, David Davis, Stewart McGill.

Plus an international perspective, coontirbutions from Paul Binder, Gerd Siemoneit-Barum, Franco Knie & Fredy Knie Jun.