Time brings changes, and as the last century began to slip away, so many life-style changes came about - not to mention the thought of part-time retirement after countless enjoyable, but demanding years. With the expiry of the lease for 16 Chancery Lane on 17 February, 1996, after 42 years trading, the door at the portal, where so many had passed through into DeLarno's Magic Centre, was sealed - and the spell of those two magic words, "Open Sesame" - forever gone. Perhaps more correctly, gone, but not forgotten. The closure, being something out of the ordinary, was very well covered by national and local television stations, newspapers and radio news.