I, too, picked up a Hopkin off of eBay (just arrived yesterday, actually) thinking I’d be some sort of hipster Santa Claus or something. The pictures of those posters made me so sad, and I am SO GLAD that I didn’t go so far as to track down Terry’s address, since the situation would have just been sadder. It’s a fascinating, though bittersweet and a little more heartbreaking, ending to the tale. Thanks for passing it along.
I, too, picked up a Hopkin off of eBay (just arrived yesterday, actually) thinking I’d be some sort of hipster Santa Claus or something. The pictures of those posters made me so sad, and I am SO GLAD that I didn’t go so far as to track down Terry’s address, since the situation would have just been sadder. It’s a fascinating, though bittersweet and a little more heartbreaking, ending to the tale. Thanks for passing it along.