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Ryan was in Birmingham at the Whitsuntide Fair in June 1841 This is a screenshot from The Birmingham Journal of 5th June

Just found this information about James Ryan and his entertainments.. https://gloshistory.org.uk/reprints/gh199111.pdf Effectively, although Ryan and semi permanent bases in Birmingham, Sheffield and Bristol, his was a travelling circus which was closely allied with fairs. There is evidence that...

I see from the last cutting (December 1838), that Mr Longmore painted the scenery on the front of the boxes and the gallery. Would you kindly tell me from which newspaper this cutting came and the date of publication?

Hi Maurice, We certainly do know each other and I hope you are well! Yes, that Alexander! To be honest I haven't looked his father up and all the info I have about the Longmore /Paget elements of the family are from you. Rosie x

Ryan also had an amphitheatre in Bristol. My Great, Great Grandmother's first husband, Alexander Longmore, was a scene painter there and probably also at the Birmingham one. Alexander hailed from Birmingham and was living there at the time of the 1841 census. An 1839 advertisement for “Ryan’s...

I have family connections with Birmingham. I come from four generations of theatricals. My mother's great aunt was Marie Longmore, an actress who was connected with the Birmingham Theatre Royal from the 1860's. She married FW Humphreys, the conductor of the orchestra there. Fred (as he was...