This collection includes 12 posters, 10 photographs, 1 piece of sheet music for six instruments and a small amount of business records and correspondence relating to the dancing and burlesque comedy on skates.
Handby Celeine Collection
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- ReferenceGB 2314 NFA0107
- Dates of Creation1932-1939
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- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description12 posters and a small amount of loose documents and photographs
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
This collection contains a number of items from Variety and Music Halls featuring the skating act of Handby & Celeine. The posters date from 1932 to 1938, and correspondence and contracts from 1938-1939. Handby Celeine were also known as Handby Celeine Trio, The Handby Celeine Four, The Three Skatoris and The Skatoris. They performed in stand-alone comedy, burlesque and skating acts as well as in pantomime. Known addresses in Manchester and London.
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The items are available to view by appointment in the National Fairground Archive reading room.
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Archivist's Note
These records were organised and catalogued in 2013 by Arantza Barrutia-Wood
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