This wonderful man was not mine to lose, but he was and always will be my daughter’s father. So it’s with a heavy heart and such over flowing sadness that I raise my glass to thank him for letting me share a small part of his life and for giving me the most beautiful daughter…..Ellana

Edward was the kind of man
who’s heart was made of gold
a life full of adventure
with great stories to be told

A jeweler, and a sailor,
A huntsman, a good dad
these are just a small amount
of the talents that he had

He will be the fierce waves
as you sail through a storm
he will be there in the wind
when you blow the hunting horn

a man who lived a full life
who brightened up our days
he brought much joy to others
With his kind and thoughtful ways.

‘pure inspiration’ was a motto at his shop, and i think that motto is a great reflection upon the man himself, Edward Wain!

Thankyou Edward for all the opportunities you gave me
x

Edward’spost it poem:

Under the wide and starry sky,
Dig the grave and let me lie;
Glad did I live and gladly die,
And I laid me down with a will.

This be the verse you ‘grave for me:
Here he lies where he longed to be;
Home is the sailor, home from the sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.

As i sat at Edward’s side and held his hand last wednesday i finally realised what an impact this great man had on my life and how much he had taught me. At such a traumatic time I suddenly found comfort as i watched the pain ease from his furrowed brow as he galloped away to his cloud and sqeezed my hand on his way.

Thankyou Edward
Always in my heart
B x

If you picked up any dictionary and looked up the word Godfather if they had pictures there would be one and a description of the late, great Edward Wain. My wonderful mum and dad Pam and Colin Griffin have been great friends with Edward and everyone surrounding him for over 35 years. They have made some fantastic decisions in my upbringing and I have been an extremely lucky child, but the day they decided to make Edward Wain my godfather was probably the best.

Edward was always there for me and like everything he did in his life he put his heart and soul into being my godfather. He never ever forgot a Birthday or Xmas and always made sure he treated me to the Theatre or dinner on many occasions and without fail every year. its with sadness that i didn’t see as much of Edward from the age of 18 when I moved to London and never came back but he was fantastic at staying in touch. He was generous, charming, witty, annoyingly handsome, fantastic company and always up for the challenge.

I would like to tell a story that sums up the dedication and effort that Edward put into being my godfather. As we all know Edward was the finest non professional chef in Norfolk (Well maybe except his lovely wife Jules). When I moved to London Edward kindly gave me the Leith’s cooking bible. He told me that its the only cook book I will ever need and coming from Edward “Keith Floyd” Wain I took that as gospel. It was only when I settled into my tiny room in Bethnal Green and sat down to have a look through the recipes that I discovered Edward had taken the time to edit most of the book with Yellow post it notes and a pencil. For example over Yorkshire puddings the post reads “Ignore see mother”, under bread and butter pudding, rack of lamb and many others it reads “needs modification phone helpline 01760…….” Now we all know who would answer that number!! Moussaka reads “cheap and interesting”, very handy at the time i might add and Edward even added recipes. Not only was this extremely helpful but very witty and I think this story perfectly sums up how generous Edward was to others Edward wain taught me the joy of cooking and I have taught myself many of the great recipes over the years from the book (my Bolognese is legendary in East London thanks to Eddy and i must have cooked it over 250 times) . I have been a bit slack on the cooking recently for various reasons recently working late etc, but i have decided i will cook a new recipe ever week now without fail to remind me of Edward.

I like to think Edward is up there having a laugh with his great friend uncle Brian Cross (who we all still deeply miss). This is a really happy thought for me and one that stops the hurt a little bit, they are probably hunting up there together and drinking a very nice red and eating Oxtail prepared by Edward… Like Brian, Edward we will never forget you, the world has lost another one of its great men. I feel hugely privileged to have had Edward in my life for 32 years and will rejoice in the memories.

Rest in peace Edward and say hi to Brian for us.

All my love and gratitude your lucky godson Adam x

Love you Daddy always
Ellana..your daughterxxxx

Love you Alex xxxx

This wonderful man was not mine to lose, but he was and always will be my daughter’s father. So it’s with a heavy heart and such over flowing sadness that I raise my glass to thank him for letting me share a small part of his life and for giving me the most beautiful daughter…..Ellana