Desmond Titterington

July 7, 2014

Desmond Titterington, one of Britain’s Post-war all-rounders, died recently at the age of 73.

The Ulsterman was a school friend of Archie Scott-Brown and competed in most forms of the sport during the 1950s. Sportscar success in a Jaguar C-type led to him joining the works team in 1955, but it was for Mercedes that he finished fourth in that year’s Targa Florio. In single-seaters, he raced Connaughts and contested his only GP, the 1956 British. He retired from that race, but finished third in the Silverstone International Trophy.

He retired from racing at the end of 1956 to concentrate on business, but still competed in trials and rallies. PL

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Paul Fearnley

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Having spent much of his formative years soaked and sideways in his father’s 1933 Frazer Nash TT Replica, Paul has long been in thrall to old cars and past – and current – motor racing. He joined Motoring News as junior rally reporter in 1990 and went freelance in 2005, having edited Motoring News, F1 Racing and Motor Sport in the meantime.

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