I joined Edwin at the firm’s premises, 64 High Street, Bideford. He was working on his own, with help from his sister, Margaret, who dealt with letters, cutting duplicating stencils and the like.
Edwin Hooper and I were like chalk and cheese. We did, however, have one main thing in common, the love for magic dealing. I had been making and advertising props from my home town, Kilmarnark, Scotland, when I was 13 years of age, so wh...
