Inside a traditional magic shop

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counter like Martin at

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International and say oh what what's new

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what have you got and they take it out

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and they show it to you International

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magic is the last of its kind but Laura

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believes that the industry has to do

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everything in its power to keep physical

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magic shops alive I think that's

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something that the younger generation

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are really going to lose if we lose any

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more magic

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shops the next chapter in Laura's

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Journey takes us to the magic

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circle I was the youngest female to ever

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join because I did my exam on my 18th

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birthday I was that dedicated to to

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Magic founded in 1905 the magic circle

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is an exclusive world-renowned Society

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of magicians based in London membership

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is selective and the group boasts some

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of the biggest names in Magic they're

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dedicated to advancing their art keeping

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its Secret Safe from public disclosure

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for a long time it was a boy club but

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from her first Gara dinner Laura felt at

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home I remember the night so so well

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nobody knew what to make of me I mean

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you have to also understand I was very

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new to the magic circle some of the guys

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the especially the older guys were a bit

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dubious of me was was I going to stick

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around I don't think they realized how

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seriously I took magic at all and this

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brings our story to the present as a

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result of people like