The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)

Electrifyi­ng event at Probus

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Iain Ross from Broughty Ferry, who was raised in Macduff, intrigued Forfar Probus Club members with an illustrate­d talk on Dr Walford Bodie MD, a Scottish showman, hypnotist, ventriloqu­ist and stage magician famed for his mock electrocut­ions.

Walford, whose real name was Samuel Murphy Bodie toured the British music hall circuit in the early 20th Century.

 ??  ?? President Cliff Brown, Iain Ross and Robin Watt, who proposed thanks.
President Cliff Brown, Iain Ross and Robin Watt, who proposed thanks.

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