Norman Tinsel is from Gatley and is used to saying the words 'abracadabra' because he's a children's entertainer and magician who has plenty of tricks up his sleeve...
Norman bought his first trick from Tommy's brother
Norman says that he first got involved in magic when he was a nine year-old. "My father took me to a shop in Slough which was run by Tommy Cooper's brother, who looked exactly like him. It was called Cooper's Magic Shop and I bought my first tricks there.
"I then did it as a child for friends and for children's parties." After college Norman turned professional and still does lots of children's shows. "It can be quite difficult. I've been doing it for quite a few years now. You have to promote yourself and be quite entertaining. It is quite competitive, there are quite a lot of people doing it.
"If you are entertaining children they are very observant. There are things that children notice that adults don't. I did do a trick once with the linking rings and was swinging the rings up in the air and I managed to smash someone's light and they caught it all on camera!"
Norman also makes balloon animals, but you'll have to listen to the audio for that one!
