Sandy Marshall talked about his father James Ward Marshall, better known to magicians as Jay. This was a very interesting talk about a man with an amazing knowledge and thirst for magic. We were lucky to hear many amusing stories about Jay’s life and career. Tales of involvement with all the greats of magic like Blackstone and some funny stories of Jay’s early romances. This wasn’t just a talk about his father, but about all the amazing magicians, comedians, actors and politicians that shaped the times that Jay Marshall grew-up through.

After leaving the Army as a Sergeant he went straight into magic. Great stories about his agent followed. We were lucky to be introduced to the famous glove puppet Lefty. An interesting fact was Lefty originally started out life without ears. We saw footage of Jay’s ‘ Bagpipe Act’ and also’Lefty’.

This was a lecture worth spending the time taking in a great history of a great man.