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Sheila

Sheila Report 20 Nov 2007 12:40

I'm looking for information about a man called Eric Phillips who I believe may have been my grandad's brother. He was a magician, a member of the Magic Circle and a friend of David Devant, who is himself well documented.

Does anyone know whether the Magic Circle have archives and if they do, how I would go about searching for information on this man. There is nothing obvious on the Magic Circle website.

Thanks

Sheila

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 20 Nov 2007 13:13

You could send an enquiry to this address:-

[email protected]

Kath. x

agingrocker

agingrocker Report 21 Nov 2007 00:37

Hi Sheila,

Bizarrely I work with a member of the Magic Circle! I expect to see him on Monday, I will ask him if he knows anything, or at least who is the person to ask.

Duncan

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 21 Nov 2007 03:38

Have you tried Google??


sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

agingrocker

agingrocker Report 6 Dec 2007 01:27

Sheila,

It took longer than I expected, but I have now spoken with Bill, my workmate who is a member of the Magic Circle.

He vaguely knew the name Eric Phillips, when I mentioned David Devant he said that it was his performing partner who invented the gadget that you used to find on toilet doors when you had to put a penny in it to open it! Maybe it was Great Uncle Eric!

I'm afraid Bill wasn't able to help much apart from saying that their archives are very good, so it is definitely worth contacting Magic Circle.

Good Luck

Duncan