Island Life June July 2015 June July 2015 | Página 6

Check out our website visitilife.com or catch up with us on Facebook and Twitter A WORD FROM THE EDITOR A s the song goes, “June is bustin’ out all over” – and this early summer issue of your FREE Island Life is bursting with features, interviews and profiles, many with a distinctly foodie flavour. You can read about Bonchurch publican Nino Besozzi’s fascinating career serving food and drinks to the rich and famous, and find out how the Island’s long-time showjumping champion John THE ISLAND LIFE TEAM Day is now working as a crab and lobster fisherman whilst running a family farm shop selling all kinds of luscious local produce. And as the natural strawberry season peaks and we all look forward to Wimbledon, we look at how sales of this iconically English soft fruit are booming. There’s also a piece on partiallysighted couple Neil and Dawn Fradgley and their surprising new-found love of tennis, HAVE A GOOD STORY? You can write to us at Suite 1, 17 St Publisher: Distribution: Thomas Square, Newport, PO30 1SL MT Publishing Ltd Steve Read or by email: [email protected] or Executive Editor: 07894 738246 Martin Potter Sales Manager: Editor: James Rolfe Tanya Potter 07814 723610 Tony Ridd, Terence Willey, Tina Writer: [email protected] Hughes, Sam Biles, Robert Booth, Jackie McCarrick Sales Assistant: Mark Fox, Matt Noyce, Rex Gully Design: James Falconbridge and Warren Riches. and an interview with retired physiotherapist Liz Bell, a pioneer in asthma research who still helps run the Island’s ground-breaking asthma swim group. So sit back – hopefully in the sunshine with a bowl of strawberries and cream - enjoy, and please support our loyal advertisers who make it all possible. Tanya Potter, Editor View all our pictures from the last ten years... www.visitilife.com call us on 01983 528803 CONTRIBUTORS Facebook: facebook. com/visitilife Twitter: @visitilife Tumblr: visitilife. tumblr.com Linkd in: Linkdin.com Colin Clarke AND MORE... p8 Dates for your diary p17 Mark Fox: The classic boat museum p18 Dancers had a ball! 54 p21 Tale of a poignant Princess 18 p25 High Sheriff sworn in p26 Andrew Turner: Back to work for Island MP p28 Travel: Grenada, the island of spice p44 Auctions with Warren Riches, Rex Gully and Rebecca Ball. 38 p87 25 Hose Rhodes Dickson goes west! p106 Business editorials Front Cover Petite Fleur at the JP Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race by Patrick Eden 6 www.visitilife.com p109 Terence Willey & Co: More protection for mobile home owners p113 Glanvilles: Should wills be mutually binding? p111 Roach Pittis: The need for p114 Your directory clarity