Island Life Magazine Ltd October/November 2010 | Page 41
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Island Life - October/November 2010
Photo: Lane End Court at Christmas 1965
Right: Terry's dad in later life.
Inset: Henry outside of the old Marine Hotel about 1905
it. We built the first block of shops,
and is a
and then stuck bits on all over the
committee
place. They are now all let, apart from
member of the
my offices and small building area. So
IOW Car Club. I
Weavers Yard is at the back and Lane
used to go on the
End Court at the front.”
mainland and to
Since then the building firm has
Belgium to rally
evolved into a property company to a
in the 1960s and
big degree, but with the continuation
1970s in a Ford
of both the building and the funeral
Escort Mark II. It was a similar car to
sides of the business which are run
the one famous rally driver Roger Clark
from the same office.
used – although his was a lot more
Terry married Venetia Humphrey, the
reliable than ours.”
daughter of former Crab and Lobster
Terry was the navigator to driver Mike
pub owner Hector Humphrey, and
Davidson who still lives in Bembridge.
they now live in the family house, as
They won many smaller rallies, and
it is known. When they were married
Terry organised the Isle of Wight Rally,
in 1965 they lived in a bungalow just
which was a big event at the time. Not
down the road – “given to me by my
only did he organise it, he also won it
dad, but don’t tell anyone!” They have
– but not in the same year.
two children Caroline and Richard,
The rallying team mates also competed
“We also used Ventnor Front, Cowes
Front, around the Canoe Lake at Ryde
and Sandown Front, which were all
as well as grandchildren – one only
in Bilbao in Spain in 1974, one of few
closed for the event. You could do
recently born.
from England to compete there because
that in those days, but I don’t think it
of the petrol shortages following the
will ever be possible again. We had a
and in 2003 Richa