Welcome to my 'side'
within the Magie365
Homepage.
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My name is Colin
Bierton. |
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My Stage Names are
Alexander Howard
Felix D'Witzbold.
(German for 'Felix the Joker')
and
Professor Glockenbuchundkertzen
I've been interested in Conjuring and
Comedy since a young boy.
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I was born in England and spent the early years of
my life around the town of Tring in the
county of Hertfordshire.
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My first book on magic was 'The Puffin Book of Magic'
purchased in my primary school (at about 8 years old) in Long Marston.
Comedy comes a little more naturally to me.
Following close behind, when I was about 10 years old, a copy of
Jean Hugard's 'The Royal Road to Card Magic' expanded
my interest and I began, at about 12 years, to perform regularly -
a kind of magic that today is known as 'close up' card magic - for
my friends at Tring
Secondary School. |
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At the age of 15, I became
a member of the Aylesbury
Magic Club.
Aylesbury being
over 7 miles (13 km) from
my home village, with a sparse evening bus
service, meant that sometimes after the meetings, I had to walk and try to
hitch a lift home, returning well after midnight.
Today I'm proud to be an honorary member of the club. |
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Aylesbury |
When I was 16 years old my family
moved to a small village south
of Lincoln.
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I joined the British Army in 1983 and moved to
Münster, Germany in 1984 as a Driver in the Royal Corps of Transport, known today as 'The Adjutant General's Corps'.
As I pursued my career in the army and although my performances reduced,
my interest in reading about magic remained. I collected together a small,
but useful library which helped to maintain a fresh appearance to my occasional
shows.
One memorable performance being for a 'Review' at the Junior Leader RCT's
Training Regiment in front of my peers. |
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I married in 1988 and settled
in Münster, in the province of Nordrhein Westfalen, as a
civilian in the Summer of 1990.
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Moving later north to Neuenkirchen, by Rheine, in the spring of 2006.
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Working first as an insurance agent for
the English Forces, I later returned to driving, this time busses, in 1992. |
After a couple of years of 'Touring' throughout Europe, I started to work for
- Westfalen Bus GmbH - as a 'Bus Pilot' in 1995. |
My present employer, since February 2018, is
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During the first couple of
years on the 'German net' I joined the Osnabruck Ring
of the German Magic Circle (MZvD)
and The International Brotherhood
of Magicians (I.B.M.), an American based global magic club.
I also increased my 'knowledge base' by subscribing to a number of magic magazines
and more recently computer based information and newsletters to do with magic and
entertaining.
In February 2000 I became
one of the founding members of the Magic Circle of Münster.
See 'The Links' on the Contacts
and Information Page. |
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