FEATURE CAR BENTLEY EIGHT
‘When I went to take my driving test I knew I’d fail because of my eyesight, and I did,’ says Ron Webster. So why is he now standing next to a 1990 Bentley Eight?
‘I was born with very poor eyesight, and as a youngster I couldn’t see below my waist,’ he says. ‘As I got older my eyesight improved slightly but I still couldn’t see the blackboard at school. I went through mainstream education with no help or assistance, and at 12 or 13 the optician told my mother I’d never work with detail, and would probably be a labourer or menial worker. But I never gave in, and in 1977 I got an apprenticeship at Rolls-Royce. I was ecstatic, and my mother was so proud of me. I had to buy a moped to ride the 10 miles to work. So I filled in the paperwork for a provisional licence and rode with L plates for two
