Links

Links to some organisations working with and for Showpeople in Scotland

Scottish Traveller Education Programme http://www.step.education.ed.ac.uk/

Scottish Showmen’s Guild  www.scottishshowmensguild.org

Showman’s Guild of Great Britain www.showmensguild.co.uk

European Showman’s UnionFacebook page


Current research, researchers, and archives

Andrea Salvona https://andreasalvona2014.wordpress.com/

National Fairground Archive (Sheffield, England)


Current and past creative projects working with Scottish Showpeople and Fairground Heritage

The Winning City – 2014 project which examined specific aspects of the culture of Glasgow’s East End, including Travelling Showpeople in Dalmarnock and Carntyne

Fair Glasgow – 2014 project http://fairglasgow.com/ (website of the 2013 Fair Glasgow project, which the Fair Glasgow Museums Working Group was a part – explained on About page), funded by the HLF

A Showman’s Yard in the East End – A 2013 Illustration (or ‘dialectogram’) by Mitch Miller, winner of the AOI Illustration New Talent Award

The Govan Fairway – 2012 project led by Fablevision, highlighting the stories of Govan’s Showfamilies, funded by the HLF

The Ghost Show: Travelling Showpeople – 2008 project, funded by the HLF

 

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