History of The Watford Association of Magicians WAM

The Watford Society of Magicians history dates back to a successful show put on during the war at Chorleywood Memorial Hall on the 13th of November 1946. After the war meetings were held at the Spreadeagle public house, and from there under the guidance of Stanley Thomas (Chairman) and Eric Bloom (Secretary) the club blossomed, and moved to the Old Free School, Watford.

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After many good years at the Old Free School, the club moved first to St Mary's Hall, then Holy Rood Church, and then Bricket Wood Social Club. Eddie Long wrote a good account of the early days (click here) and Myles Sinclair picks up the story form 1996 (click here).

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Today we have around 70 members who are a mix of professionals, semi professionals and enthusiastic amateurs. There is a long list of famous magicians linked to the club.

Founder members	Presidents	Vice Presidents

Eric Bloom	Cuthbert Andrews	Tom Angus
Joe Conn (Zicardi)	Gil Leaney	Maurice Fogel
Wally Gent	Alf Moore	Joe Jones
Eddie Long	Harold Taylor	Geoffrey Buckingham
C. H. Jones (E.L.Baffel)	Terry Seabrooke	Gil Leaney
John Rose		Eddie Long
Percy J. Smith		Billy McComb
Stanley Thomas		Vice Marks
(Lao Tang)		Joe Gryska
		Michael Dix (current)

Revised: July 06, 2011.