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timlic wrote:Hmmmm...
But I do agree that we should keep the shops alive for that hands-on experience!
Lord Freddie wrote:International is a fine shop with a lot of good stuff in stock.
Has anyone been to the new(ish) Brighton magic shop?
ed crawford wrote:Lord Freddie wrote:International is a fine shop with a lot of good stuff in stock.
Has anyone been to the new(ish) Brighton magic shop?
Brighton Magic shop?? What Brighton magic shop, I live just outside of Brighton and have heard the occasional rumour that one was to open but hadn't heard it was actually up and running. Do you have the details?
Oh, and it's IM all the way for me. Been going there since I was about 12 and they had just the small booth on street level and the big workshop downstairs where Ron Macmillan would take you to demonstrate the goodies. Never forget him telling my Dad off for getting overly nosy with some of the big stage cabinets ha ha.
magicofthemind wrote:pcwells wrote:I remember when Davenports was a little shop right opposite the British Museum. They guy who ran the place was superb too - and older gent than any of the present staff. He had a heavy-duty stammer, but was a great magician, very enthusiastic and always eager to demostrate his wares. I never left empty handed when he was the boss.
I believe you're thinking of Al Woodrow. Nice chap, but I once asked him for a Swami Gimmick and he said they were no longer made...He was never "the boss" though - Betty Davenport was and is.
I also remember the Great Russell Street shop. I went in there when the King Tut exhibition was on across the road; the shop was full of kids buying King Tut souvenirs, but I was after some serious page (I was in my late teens at the time). Pat Page showed and sold me a wonderful rope and ring routine which I still use.
The current Charing Cross premises have a lot more atmosphere - I rather like the dark interior. Shame about the location, though.
Barry
George Chan wrote:The only thing between them in my experience is that if youre in a hurry, just popping in to buy something, it takes longer to be served in Davenports.
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