by paul-wsh | May 12, 2010 | In Print, The Nineties
Isle of Wight County Press IW Men in New Zealand whale rescue TWO NEWPORT men have been part of a desperate struggle to save a pod of pilot whales beached on New Zealand’s South Island. Former County Press employee Paul Blackley, of Caesars Road and Richard Harvey, of...
by paul-wsh | Mar 29, 2010 | The Sixties
During the early sixties it wasn’t just the boys enjoying the waves, there were some pretty hardcore girls surfing on the Island with no wetsuits or leashes too. One of those was the young Susan Ellis (now Backhouse) who became the first Isle of Wight Surf Club...
by paul-wsh | Mar 25, 2010 | The Sixties
During the early 1960’s a group of friends had started to hang out on the cliff tops between Ventnor beach and Steephill Cove. These bored teenagers soon began to focus their attention on the ocean. The Island at that time still had many unexplored pockets of...
