tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post6382203509290576581..comments2024-03-28T08:03:31.442-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Murray poster at auctionJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-55458124064356863252019-08-07T16:51:32.455-07:002019-08-07T16:51:32.455-07:00Thanks for sharing. This is an old post, but glad ...Thanks for sharing. This is an old post, but glad you found it and us. :)John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-43968249222269245642019-08-07T16:10:16.590-07:002019-08-07T16:10:16.590-07:00Never was much of a magic buff but my best friend ...Never was much of a magic buff but my best friend who passed away a few years ago always boasted of his great-uncle who was a amazing magician. We live in the USA and my friend Kenneth Cooper Gregory got a chance to visit his uncle and of course returned with stories of his greatness. I know I'm in possession of a few goodies he got from the shop and a sensational Murray poster that was givenAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02946865469602839561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-71486324886412688492015-05-28T14:22:44.758-07:002015-05-28T14:22:44.758-07:00I first met Murray in 1956 when I was only seven a...I first met Murray in 1956 when I was only seven at his shop which was then situated in King Street, opposite the stage door of the Hippodrome Theatre (which later became the ABC, then the Syndicate Nightclub). From that early meeting I became a regular weekly visitor to ‘Murray’s Magic Mart’ (which eventually relocated to larger premises on Cookson St.) and a friendship evolved between us that Karl Bartonihttp://www.dragonskull.co.uk/bartoni.htmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-27547774905070632402014-04-09T14:52:41.130-07:002014-04-09T14:52:41.130-07:00Thank you, Mark. Very interesting info.Thank you, Mark. Very interesting info.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-64918709036109402392013-08-31T13:04:06.863-07:002013-08-31T13:04:06.863-07:00Just to comment on this old post further. Since th...Just to comment on this old post further. Since this is a Houdini blog I have to mention that Murray really had an intense dislike of Houdini. If you mentioned him he would snort "Who is Houdini? Is he an acrobat?" In Murray's heyday the press would refer to him as "a second Houdini" which used to infuriate him. He used to say, "I am NOT Houdini the second. I am Mark Lewishttp://www.marklewisentertainment.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-82419871466142216772011-10-01T12:21:06.842-07:002011-10-01T12:21:06.842-07:00Thanks for the memory, Stranger. Great story!Thanks for the memory, Stranger. Great story!John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-10186095790672895062011-09-12T05:26:06.753-07:002011-09-12T05:26:06.753-07:00I met him at Murray's Magic Mart in Blackpool ...I met him at Murray's Magic Mart in Blackpool as a kid in 1974 and bought my first set of linking rings there. I ended up doing odd jobs at his house in the school summer holidays as he and his wife (Marion?) were quite frail. He showed me thick scrap books full of cuttings, and I remember him saying that he had performed in 92 countries! I recall that he said that he had coined the term 'Strangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01601050710374075981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-46707333903604953832011-04-12T15:42:02.672-07:002011-04-12T15:42:02.672-07:00That's sensational, Brian. You met a legend! I...That's sensational, Brian. You met a legend! I never knew he had a magic shop in Blackpool. Interesting. Thanks.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-75942319040520510672011-04-12T15:00:02.978-07:002011-04-12T15:00:02.978-07:00I met Murray in the mid-Eighties when he had a mag...I met Murray in the mid-Eighties when he had a magic shop in Blackpool, England. I used to do a bit of magic as a kid and would visit his shop for some tricks. The shop was amazing!Brian James Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-17960502781560546392011-02-09T22:27:49.754-08:002011-02-09T22:27:49.754-08:00Excellent. Thank you for the link, Mark.Excellent. Thank you for the link, Mark.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-36962972213549357402011-02-09T15:09:20.454-08:002011-02-09T15:09:20.454-08:00http://www.marklewisentertainment.com/html/magicia...http://www.marklewisentertainment.com/html/magicians.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-91890521695752639702011-02-09T15:08:36.050-08:002011-02-09T15:08:36.050-08:00In that case I suppose I had better do a plug for ...In that case I suppose I had better do a plug for it. I am a pitchman after all. The Murray stuff is on pages 114-121<br />http://www.marklewisentertainment.com/html/magicians.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-24116758374570730132011-01-12T10:44:48.427-08:002011-01-12T10:44:48.427-08:00Ah, cool! Thanks Mark. I'll have to get your b...Ah, cool! Thanks Mark. I'll have to get your book.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-35355054507350968372011-01-12T10:40:27.999-08:002011-01-12T10:40:27.999-08:00Oh yes. I knew the old crook very well. He was a w...Oh yes. I knew the old crook very well. He was a wonderful man. I have written a fair bit about him in my memoirs entitled "The Lives of a Showman"<br /><br />Mark LewisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-89772043886273928852010-12-12T08:38:00.432-08:002010-12-12T08:38:00.432-08:00Ha! Funny. :)Ha! Funny. :)John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-55896005241816686402010-12-11T10:43:55.800-08:002010-12-11T10:43:55.800-08:00He invented a word ... he has a beer in his hand ....He invented a word ... he has a beer in his hand ... he can only be an Australian. I've never heard of this person before so will need to do some reading.melbonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-72949879974505116742010-11-30T11:30:08.458-08:002010-11-30T11:30:08.458-08:00I'd love to find a Murray poster that features...I'd love to find a Murray poster that features some escape imagery. I could maybe even afford one (which is certainly not the case with Houdini posters).John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-68290789689272962342010-11-30T11:20:03.646-08:002010-11-30T11:20:03.646-08:00I took one of these with me to the Cannon's Co...I took one of these with me to the Cannon's Convention last year, it was signed by Murray to David Deval. I can't remember who bought it from me though!Mick Hanzliknoreply@blogger.com