Family support for Laura’s ambition

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unlike many

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parents who might have thought it was a

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silly thing uh she was very encouraging

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her mother's unusual career and

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encouragement of Laura suspended the

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illusion that this was an uneven playing

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field every time her birthday or

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Christmas rolled around she would

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receive a little bit of money and would

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go straight to the magic

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shop one of Laura's favorites was

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International magic once one of the many

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small magic shops in London it is now

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the only independent magic shop left in

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the city this is a family business with

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the magic community at its core owned by

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Martin McMillan over the 50 years that

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he's been running the shop a lot has

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changed but faces such as luras have

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remained the same It's a Small World

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Magic so uh our customers they do tend

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to become our friends the regular

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customers are our friends Laura is very

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interested in the history of magic and a

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actually is a very good magician very

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talented

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magician the role magic shops played go

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back in time that that was how people

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got their magic but there's nothing to

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equal in my mind going in and picking

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something up and actually seeing it live

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I'm still of that generation that

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remembers going to a little magic shop

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hidden and there is something about

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being able to go into a place asking the

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person behind the counter like Martin at

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International