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Terry Turner
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This page was first published in November 2006
Terry hails from a musical family. Like his four brothers and three uncles, he sang in the choir of Ashford Parish Church, where his grandfather and great grandfather were vergers for collectively over one hundred years. Terry's father was a special constable in Ashford during the 1930s.
During five years in the RAF, Terry was often called on to belt out some Mario Lanza songs at the NAAFI piano. After demob in the sixties, he found Sinatra and Matt Monro numbers more suitable to his style and sang with a dance band in the Ashford area. More recently as a member of the ‘Chandeliers’ drama group, he performed many duets and solo pieces during their ‘Good Old Days’ presentations at the Hazlett Theatre, Maidstone. He says he has now adapted to another style of singing with the second tenors, trying to stay silent when it’s not his turn!
Like many, he found life after the RAF difficult. He sold insurance on Romney Marsh until as he says, he realised that sheep don’t buy too much insurance. Eventually he discovered the world of construction plant and equipment and after various positions with Caterpillar, Priestman and JCB, he spent the major part of his working life in senior management.
He has a daughter and three grandchildren in Sussex and a son and granddaughter in Maidstone. Terry’s son and his wife are both serving police officers in Kent.
Since retirement, his main recreation has been playing bowls formerly at Headcorn where he was club captain and treasurer, and now with Maidstone District Police Bowls Club. He has also taken up watercolour painting and enjoys eating the produce of his garden.