Island Life Magazine Ltd February/March 2010 | Page 93

LOCAL BUSINESS

February/March 2010

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‘Dinger’ Street, Wilfred Stay and George Stay in workshop

George Stay in his workshop

says. “Fortunately I had an uncle who

a fire set he made for Yaverland manor.

for the structure of the new Wightlink

was part of the business, who would

The design somehow manages to be

terminal on Ryde Pier: it created the

work out the time for the jobs and price

stunningly contemporary while blending

sparsely understated staircases inside

the hours out for me.” His mother, Joan,

with the surroundings by which Will was

the Lakeside Hotel in Wootton; and fire

worked in the office. George’s death

inspired.

escapes for the huge Tesco in Ryde. The

wasn’t just a loss to the family: he had

‘There’s nobody quite like a
blacksmith. We get together
at weekends to do a bit
of forging. You don’t get
accountants meeting to add
columns just for fun!’

So Will, th