The Piddingtons (mentalist variety act), 1918-1991

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Sydney Piddington (1918 - 29 January 1991) and Lesley Piddington (born 1925) were an Australian husband and wife mentalism team who performed as "The Piddington's", as one of the most famous stage and radio telepathy acts of modern times. Sydney Piddington spent time in Changi Prisoner of War camp during World War 2 and worked with fellow prisoner of war Russell Braddon to develop a mentalism act as entertainment for the troops to maintain morale, discovering many unique and innovative techniques to give the appearance of mind-reading. Following the war, Sydney married Lesley Pope, and together they designed a stage act, and found success on Australian stages and then in London. In time they were signed to present a series of live radio broadcasts for the BBC. [information from Wikipedia] Link to catalogue record.

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