Island Life Magazine Ltd October/November 2010 | Page 41

interview 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