DEVIZES is the latest location for well-known Bath-based businessman Eric Snook to open a shop.

Mr Snook, 86, has opened Gadgets & Gizmos in Sidmouth Street, Devizes.

He has been trading for 40 years and opened his first shop, The Golden Cot, a nursery and children's toy shop in Bath. A section of the shop sells gadgets and gizmos.

He also has a gadgets shop in Covent Garden, London, and is one of the original traders at the market which was developed 20 years ago.

Mr Snook continues to work at his shop in Bath six days a week.

His son, John Snook, runs the gadgets shop in Devizes.

He said: "A lot of our customers are from Wiltshire and they visit our shop in Bath so we wanted to open a shop in Wiltshire. We looked in Marlborough, Swindon and Salisbury but decided Devizes was the best location.

Selling particularly well are flying toys such as helicopters.