Fergus Anckorn POW magic memoirs (+BGT appearance)

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Fergus Anckorn POW magic memoirs (+BGT appearance)

Postby Discombobulator » Jan 17th, '12, 10:19



Article and short Review of Magic circle's oldest member's POW experience.
How he used magic to make life more bearable in POW camps.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/a ... ds-newsxml" target="_blank

*edit* @mods perhaps this would be better in hall of fame section ?

Last edited by Discombobulator on Jun 7th, '16, 08:39, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Fergus Anckorn POW magic memoirs

Postby Mandrake » Jan 17th, '12, 10:45

Moved as suggested.

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Re: Fergus Anckorn POW magic memoirs

Postby mark lewis » Jan 17th, '12, 19:13

Oddly enough I knew a magician named Michael Roth who also used magic to survive a prisoner of war camp, but in Germany rather than Japan. He also used magic to survive in the camp. He said that in the closing months of the war he was on starvation rations in the camp. Oddly enough his main complaint was not with the Germans but with the British Government who he pursued and harassed for years after the war. In fact decades. At issue was money he claimed the British government owed him for army payment not given to him when he was in the camp. He moved to Toronto but still pursued the UK government on behalf of ex-servicemen who had the same experience of not getting their money and questions were asked in parliament over it. He was in the newspapers of the day quite often over the matter. He told me "The British Goverment have never treated their veterans very well".

Here is one snippet about him:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1 ... 09,5512269" target="_blank

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Re: Fergus Anckorn POW magic memoirs

Postby Discombobulator » Jun 7th, '16, 00:20

... as featured on the winning BGT act !!!!

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Re: Fergus Anckorn POW magic memoirs (+BGT appearance)

Postby magicofthemind » Jun 7th, '16, 10:44

I saw Fergus perform on stage at TMC a few years ago. He's one of the best magicians I've seen.

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