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Poster

1978 (made)
Artist/Maker
Taylors (printers (people))
Place of origin
Wombwell (made)

Typographic.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Advertising
Posters
Circus
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Ink
Paper
Printing
Brief description
Tour poster advertising Gandey's Circus and Wild West Combined Shows, Malvern, probably 1978
Physical description
Typographic.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 76cm
  • Poster width: 50.8cm
Object history
Associated Production: Gandey's Circus and Wild West Combined Shows. No acts are specified on the poster but it does note that the circus includes 'traditional circus acts and animals... as used in Granada TV's hit series 'Hard Times'. It also proclaims that circus is 'still the world's greatest family entertainment'. 27.4.1978 - 29.4.1978. Performance category: circus, Wild West show, children's zoo. The adult prices were 60p, 70p, and 90p for tiered seats, GBP1.20 for ringside seats. The poster has no year printed, but the dates are given as 'Thursday to Saturday April 27 to 29'. Considering the date of decimilisation, the date is probably 1978.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.3764-1995

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Record createdJuly 30, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1168814/poster-taylors/
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