by danata » Aug 29th, '11, 13:35
I am sure many of you (especially the older ones!) will remember Sid & Eve Edwards from the Magic Box on the Isle Of Wight. In fact they came up recently in discussion with one of my customers. I passed on the sad news that after they left the Island to retire, Sid passed away, & that I had no idea what had happened to Eve.
Can you believe that within two hours of that conversation, I had a phone call from EVE!!! wanting to make a magical purchase for a magic crazy Grandson in Australia!!! We chatted for a couple of hours, & it was wonderful!
Chris Philpott, from the Isle Of Wight, started a group over on Facebook, inviting people to pass on their memories of the shop, Sid & Eve's Grandson (in Australia) did a search on google to see if there was any info about his Grandad & the Magic Shop, & discovered Chris Philpott's pages on Facebook, referring to it........
Eve is quite overwhelmed at the interest even now, in their magical business that they had on the Island, she really doesn't understand it at all! I know that many many people would love to make contact with her again, & she would love to hear from you!! You can find her on Facebook under the name of: Evelyn Douglas Edwards.
Together they made props for many people including Tommy Cooper (Exploding Top Hat, & Walking Through An Organ, which was used by Tommy on the Royal Variety Show).
I have suggested to Eve that she could attend the Portsmouth Jumbo Day, & meet up with many old friends, she does seem to be up for it, I hope she does.............
Please do contact her via Facebook, as I say, she would love to hear from you!
All good wishes.
Mike Danata