Terry John Gregson was born at Prittlewell, Southend on Sea, on ‘the glorious twelfth’ 12th August 1943 and attended St. Mary’s C of E primary school with an 11+ entry to Westcliff High School.
In 1959, with sufficient GCE passes he left on a July Friday, and started work the following Monday with Southend on Sea based Watson Temple and Weymouth Chartered Surveyors.
using practical experience gained through working at their offices in Southend, Westcliff, Thorpe Bay, Pitsea, Laindon and Billericay and external training to qualify as a General practice RICS Chartered Surveyor in 1967.
With a senior employee of the firm at that time he, opened the office in Billericay, married in 1965, built a chalet in Doddinghurst, and moved to Billericay, renovating and enlarging a Grade II cottage where they lived for 37 years. He managed the office until the firm’s dissolution in 1987.
Terry remained, taking the Billericay office under his own name until retirement in 2023.A short move to Stock, Essex, has seen Terry retaining a strong interest in property and involvement in Heritage through various societies and interests.