Following the death of Houdini, the world famous escape artist in 1926, there was a keen rivalry among escapologists all over the world to who should assume the mantle of Handcuff King! There were immediately several aspirants, and the press in different parts favoured their own. Murray, the Australian escapologist, Val. Q. Walker, the wizard of the […]
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The Dookit and Jimmy “Brick” McCallum
The Blantyre Picture Theatre was constructed in 1913 on Glasgow Road near the corner of Alpine Street. It was the first cinema in the area to show reels of film and proved an instant hit with the entire population, young and old alike. Built by EH Bostok, It proved an important local role in the […]