by paul-wsh | Feb 10, 2012 | The Sixties
Article from a local paper 17/2/68 The first annual meeting of the I.W.Surf Club was held at the Clubhouse, Ventnor on Friday week. Mr R. Backhouse (chairman) said that surfing was a new sport to the Island and he had encountered literally hundreds of people...
by paul-wsh | Jan 25, 2012 | The Sixties
Alan Hunter contacted me last year and told me about the apprentices from BHC (British Hovercraft Corporation) back in the 60’s being some of the first guys to start surfing. Earlier this week I met up with Alan and he told me a few stories from those times....
by paul-wsh | Nov 22, 2011 | The Noughties, The Sixties
Sadly Archie passed away on Friday 18th November 2011. Archies’ funeral will be at 11am at St. Mary’s church, Brighstone on Monday 5th Dec, and afterwards in the Three Bishops pub, Brighstone. It was a very peaceful death with many of the nurses who had looked...
by paul-wsh | Oct 22, 2011 | The Sixties
When Archie built his Wooden Surfboard it wasn’t just for him to ride but something the whole family would enjoy. So it wasn’t long before Betty was also paddling the great big heavy board down at Compton. Archie and Betty used to come to the beach on...
by paul-wsh | Oct 17, 2011 | The Sixties
Just over a week a go Archie’s daughter Sarah put her fathers name into google and one of the early Wight Surf History articles came up with a small mention about Archie being one of the first people to surf on the Island. A few emails and phone calls later and...
by paul-wsh | Sep 16, 2011 | The Sixties
South Coast Surfing Contest – by Keith Williams After several meetings with the South Coast Surf Club guys at various venues over time, they said it would be a good idea to have a strictly South Coast competition, held on the Island. Having organised several...
