Buffalo Bill's Wild West in Scotland

1902-03 Season - Dates & Venues

The following is proposed as the basis for a full and comprehensive list of the 1902-03 English & Welsh engagements of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West & Congress of Rough Riders of the World. The towns / cities and dates are courtesy of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. Most of the venues have now been identified and it is hoped that those few which have not yet been established will follow in the fullness of time.

All contributions towards filling in the blanks - and corrections - will be gratefully received!

Friday, 26^th December 1902 - Saturday, 4^th April 1903	London, ENG	Olympia
Monday, 13^th April 1903 - Saturday, 2^nd May	Manchester, ENG	Brooks’s Bar
Monday, 4^th May - Saturday, 23^rd	Liverpool, ENG	Old Exhibition Grounds, (Edge-Lane Estate)
Monday, 25^th May	Warrington, ENG	Wilderspool Causeway
Tuesday, 26^th May	Birkenhead, ENG	Devonshire Park
Wednesday, 27^th May	Rhyl, WALES	Wellington Road, near Marine Lake
Thursday, 28^th May	Bangor, WALES	Agricultural Show Ground, Ffriddoedd Road
Friday, 29^th May	Ruabon, WALES	Exhibition Grounds
Saturday, 30^th May	Shrewsbury, ENG	Top Copthorne Road, Adjoining Barracks
Monday, 1^st June - Saturday, 13^th	Birmingham, ENG	Aston Lane, Perry Barr
Monday, 15^th June	Worcester, ENG	The Pitchcroft
Tuesday, 16^th June	Kidderminster, ENG	Foley Park
Wednesday, 17^th June	Dudley, ENG	The Parade¹
Thursday, 18^th June	Wolverhampton, ENG	Dunstall Park
Friday, 19^th June	Stafford, ENG	Stone Flat
Saturday, 20^th June	Coventry, ENG	Birmingham New Road
Monday, 22^nd June	Rugby, ENG	Lutterworth Road
Tuesday, 23^rd June	Leamington, ENG	Radford Road
Wednesday, 24^th June	Banbury, ENG	The Marshes
Thursday, 25^th June	Oxford, ENG	Iffley Road, Near Howard Street
Friday, 26^th June - Saturday, 27^th	Reading, ENG	Oxford Road (Opposite Pulsometer Works)
Monday, 29^th June	Swindon, ENG	Corpe’s Field
Tuesday, 30^th June	Cheltenham, ENG	Cemetery Road
Wednesday, 1^st July	Gloucester, ENG	Kingsholm Athletic Ground
Thursday, 2^nd July	Hereford, ENG	Race Course
Friday, 3^rd July	Abergavenny, WALES	Bailey Park
Saturday, 4^th July	Aberdare, WALES	Ynys Meadow
Monday, 6^th July - Saturday, 11^th	Cardiff, WALES	Sophia Gardens Park
Monday, 13^th July	Llanelly, WALES	Stradey Park Recreation Grounds
Tuesday, 14^th July & Wednesday, 15^th	Swansea, WALES	Victoria Park
Thursday, 16^th July	Newport, ENG	Shaftesbury Park
Friday, 17^th July	Bath, ENG	Taylor’s Field, Warminster Road
Saturday, 18^th July	Weston-super-Mare, ENG	Recreation Grounds
Monday, 20^th July - Thursday, 23^rd	Bristol, ENG	Gloucester Road, Horfield
Friday, 24^th July	Westbury, ENG	Freestone’s Field
Saturday, 25^th July	Yeovil, ENG	Agricultural Show Grounds, Seaton Road
Monday, 27^th July	Barnstaple, ENG	Bideford Road, Near Barnstaple Junction
Tuesday, 28^th July	Exeter, ENG	Old Exhibition Fields, Pinhoe Road
Wednesday, 29^th July	Newton Abbot, ENG	Race Course, Kingsteigngate Road
Thursday, 30^th July - Saturday, 1^st August	Plymouth, ENG	Exhibition Fields, Pennycomequick
Monday, 3^rd August	Taunton, ENG	Poor Grounds
Tuesday, 4^th August	Weymouth, ENG	Goldcroft Farm, Newstead Road
Wednesday, 5^th August	Bournemouth, ENG	East Common
Thursday, 6^th August	Salisbury, ENG	The Butts, Stratford Road
Friday, 7^th August & Saturday, 8^th	Southampton, ENG	West Marlands
Monday, 10^th August - Wednesday, 12^th	Portsmouth, ENG	Exhibition Grounds, North End
Thursday, 13^th August - Saturday, 15^th	Brighton, ENG	The Race Course
Monday, 17^th August	Guildford, ENG	Shalford Park
Tuesday, 18^th August	Tunbridge Wells, ENG	On the Agricultural Show Grounds
Wednesday, 19^th August	Eastbourne, ENG	Seaside, near Old Toll Gate Bridge
Thursday, 20^th August	Hastings, ENG	Buckshole Field, St. Helen’s Road
Friday, 21^st August	Ashford, ENG	Barrow Hill Farm, Maidstone Road
Saturday, 22^nd August	Folkestone, ENG	Top of Sandgate Hill [Near The Leas]²
Monday, 24^th August	Ramsgate, ENG	Ellington Fields (Opposite Park)
Tuesday, 25^th August	Margate, ENG	Cliftonville³
Wednesday, 26^th August	Canterbury, ENG	Wincheap Athletic Grounds⁴
Thursday, 27^th August	Maidstone, ENG
Friday, 28^th August	Chatham, ENG
Saturday, 29^th August	Croydon, ENG	Galpin Road, London Road
Monday, 31^st August	Watford, ENG	Johnstone’s 5 Arches Field
Tuesday, 1^st September	Luton, ENG	Powdrill’s Meadows, New Bedford Road
Wednesday, 2^nd September	Leyton, ENG	Barclay Estate
Thursday, 3^rd September	Southend, ENG	Marine Park
Friday, 4^th September	Colchester, ENG	Reed Hall
Saturday, 5^th September	Bury St. Edmunds, ENG	Grange Farm, Eastgate⁵
Monday, 7^th September	Ipswich, ENG	Bramford Road
Tuesday, 8^th September	Lowestoft, ENG	Acton Road Ground, Kirkley
Wednesday, 9^th September	Yarmouth, ENG	On the Marshes, Southtown
Thursday, 10^th September	Norwich, ENG	Dix’s Land, Unthank Road
Friday, 11^th September	King’s Lynn, ENG	Fox’s Field, Sutton Bridge Road⁶
Saturday, 12^th September	Wisbech, ENG	Flint’s Cricket Field, opposite Great Eastern Railway
Monday, 14^th September	Peterborough, ENG	Whitney’s Field, Padholme Road
Tuesday, 15^th September	Ely, ENG	Gill’s Field, Common Road⁷
Wednesday, 16^th September	Bedford, ENG	Fore End Road (near Gas Works)
Thursday, 17^th September	Northampton, ENG	On The Racecourse
Friday, 18^th September	Wellingborough, ENG
Saturday, 19^th September	Kettering, ENG	Bayes’ Field, Rothwell Road
Monday, 21^st September to Tuesday, 22^nd	Leicester, ENG	Freemen’s Meadow
Wednesday, 23^rd September	Spalding, ENG	Green Waltham’s Park, Pinchbeck Road
Thursday, 24^th September	Boston, ENG	Ryan’s Field, Sleaford Road
Friday, 25^th September	Grantham, ENG	On the Barracks Field, Avenue Road (Drill Ground, 4^th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment)
Saturday, 26^th September	Lincoln, ENG	On the South Common, Corner of High-Street⁸
Monday, 28^th September - Saturday, 3^rd October	Leeds, ENG	Cardigan Fields
Monday, 5^th October & Tuesday, 6^th	Bradford, ENG	Leeds Road, Thornbury
Wednesday, 7^th October	Keighley, ENG	Skipton Road, Utley
Thursday, 8^th October	Halifax, ENG	Savile Park
Friday, 9^th October	Wakefield, ENG	Belle Vue Grounds
Saturday, 10^th October	Doncaster, ENG	Town Moor
Monday, 12^th October - Thursday, 15^th	Sheffield, ENG	Thompson’s Meadow, Penistone Road, Owlerton
Friday, 16^th October	Chesterfield, ENG	Derby Road
Saturday, 17^th October	Newark, ENG	Grounds: Kelham Road
Monday, 19^th October & Tuesday, 20^th	Nottingham, ENG	Radcliffe Road, Near Trent Bridge (West Bridgeford)
Wednesday, 21^st October	Loughborough, ENG	Race Course
Thursday, 22^nd October	Derby, ENG	Osmaston Park, London Road
Friday, 23^rd October	Burton, ENG	Dallow Lock Field⁹

¹ Advertised in the Dudley Herald, 13^th June 1903, as ‘Grounds the Parade’ and elaborated by the accompanying article as ‘in the field at the Parade, Eve Hill’. The County Express, 20^th June 1903, refers to ‘the show ground at Evehill, near Castle View.’
² The formulation advertised by the Folkestone Herald on 12^th and 19^th August 1903 was:

‘Grounds : TOP OF SANDGATE HILL
[Near the Leas]’
However, the formulation preferred by the Folkestone Express on 8^th, 12^th, 15^th, 19^th and 22^th August was ‘GROUNDS – THE LEAS.’
The Folkestone Herald, 26^th August 1903, described the venue as ‘a large field at the top of Sandgate Hill’.
³ No advertisement has yet been traced for Margate but the Islington Daily Gazette, 27^th August 1903, vaguely but helpfully located the venue ‘up Cliftonville way.’
⁴ Once again, no advertisement has been located but the venue is identified in an article describing the show, in the Kentish Gazette, 29^th August 1903.
⁵ Described by the Evening Star and Daily Herald, 7^th September 1903, as ‘land in the occupation of Mr. D. W. Taylor, at the Grange Farm, Eastgate, Bury St. Edmund’s’
⁶ Described by the Eastern Daily Press, 11^th September 1903, as ‘the well-known show ground at West Lynn’
⁷ No advertisement has yet been traced for Ely but this information is supplied by an article in the Cambridge Daily News, 16^th September 1903.
⁸ Originally announced as the Race Course
⁹ Described by the Burton Chronicle, 8^th October 1903, as ‘the fields lying between Dallow Bridge and Wyggeston Street’

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