I had the good fortune at the weekend to be invited to a party at the Magic Circle HQ near Euston, the home of stage magicians. Yes, there are shrines there for David Nixon, Ali Bongo and Tommy Cooper.
There's also a small museum with a fine collection of old posters. There's one from the Crystal Palace and this one: 'Illusions never before ATTEMPTED as thrilling as MURDER are being performed by the great Horace Goldin IN the Empire Theatre PENGE - all the week twice nightly'.
Horace Goldin (1873-1939), born Hyman Elias Goldstein, came to London via Lithuania and Nashville. Not sure when he was in Penge, but the Penge Empire opened in 1915.
Signs through time: along the A10
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A quick look at changing styles of street signs, all from a stroll along
the main road from Dalston Junction to Stoke Newington stations. (It's the
A10, ...
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Lets not forget our own Catford based magician (and I believe Magic Circle member) The Great Nodgo-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMR3lCNbVXA
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