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 4, 2010 | Surfer Profiles, The Sixties
Part 2: The Surf Cub is formed. It was at about this time (1966) that Jake came to me at work one day with the news that he’d seen an advertisement in the County Press saying ‘Isle of Wight Surf Club now formed. Write to The Secretary, Albert St, Ventnor’ This looked...
