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Fascinating People in a Fascinating WorldStories of my miss spent youth
The difficulty really is thinking back to specific things. Ihave covered many generations, covering horse and cartsthru to the modern world of computers and a faster lifestyle. Filled with various time saving gadgets. But whatdo you do with all the time you have saved? Put it in a box and wait until the reaper comes saying times up! Justto put it off by buying extra seconds or minutes, withthose ‘time saving’ gadgets?Back in my childhood, I was brought up in an air of mystery and secrecy. My father working for thegovernment was never allowed to tell anyone what his job was. Close relations and family also had to keep thissecret. My maternal grandmother was always scared of his job and would sometimes cover her ears so that shecould not hear any details that would frighten her more,when mum and dad discussed what was happening next,or where we would go next.I owe my love of the bizarre and strange to my father Thomas. Even during the war he would be the one to goto places he should not, purely to see things that a whiteman is not supposed to see. Often times he would regalevisitors with tales of these sighting, whether it behouduns creating zombie field workers, or hiding in Sikhtemples, watching the priests. One of my fondestmemories is seeing my father sitting on a bench inBlackpool England, speaking perfect Gurgeratti; to aHindu he had met 35 years earlier in Calcutta!
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It does seem that strange jobs run in the family: Mygrandfather owned a gold and diamond mine in SouthAfrica My uncle was bodyguard to the king. His partytrick was to bend a florin in his fingers, or to smash acoconut with flexing his biceps. My other uncle was astunt double for Ronald Coleman, the actor. Until fallingoff a train, which proceeded to run over him, he lost bothlegs. So in many senses I took on the strange or unusualas my normality.At birth, like my mother, I had been born wearing a veil.This is a flap of skin covering the face, quite rare in thisday and age. Folk belief being that a person so born cansee through the mortal veil to the other side. I don’t knowwhether this is true or not, but from a young age I canremember seeing people, which ‘weren’t there’. Isuppose most people would say ‘imaginary friends’ Theywould show me things, sometimes like a postcard or  picture, sometimes I would hear them tell me names or such like, other times I would feel what they were tryingto give me, or even sometimes taste the exact thing theywere describing.Often time’s people would come to visit my dad and Iwould tell them things that ‘my friend’ would say or tellthem about the things they had shown me. Always theywould look totally astounded. I think it was this look of astonishment and a box of David Nixon magic that took me along the magicians’ pathway.My own spirit guide I have been told on numerousoccasions by different mediums throughout the worldlooks like a druid but had something to do with medicine‘a medieval doctor’Maybe it was due to this that I first sought out a career inmedicine. Maybe I just wanted a good wage!
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Starting school, I found easy, because I would know theanswers to the questions, this did lead into all kinds of trouble, being blamed as an exceptional child, or being blamed as a cheat. I soon progressed and gainedqualifications by the shed load!It didn’t give me personal satisfaction. That is where themagic started.I learned about Harry Houdini. His fascination with locksand mechanics and found myself drawn down similar  pathways.Even into de-bunking mediums!I still now today, find sometimes there are conflicts between the two sides. My rational self, trying to come toa logical explanation of the things I say and do. My inner self, screaming out what Houdini was told many times:
 Believe.
Even now, I always question myself, as to where theinformation I give people has come from. When Idescribe a person, that has passed, did I see their photo?That wouldn’t give me their name though. Andsometimes asking questions, only leads too many morequestions.Just like any other person, I have had joy in this life andsorrow.There have been many ups and downs. Here are a few of the more remarkable people and events that have added acolour to my monochrome existence. I hope they can dothe same for you
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macsain

pls make it downloadable

reply09 / 14 / 2009
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Thanks for sharing anecdotes from your life in the circus. Many funny stories.

reply07 / 05 / 2009
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