Mibs Delf  (formerly Mibs Cleghorn) 1917 – 2022

This tribute to a remarkable lady gives a fascinating insight into motorsport after WW2

Mabel Edith Delf has died at the age of 105. She was born in Norwich, one of six siblings (three boys and three girls), but never liked her name, so from a very young age Mabel was known as Mibs and she became very secretive about her real name. 

Mibs alongside Ted Cleghorn, her first husband, on the 1952 Exeter Trial 1

Her first husband was Ted Cleghorn and she and Ted were active members of the Sporting Car Club of Norfolk from the earliest days of the club.  In the 1950s they were both committee members and their enthusiasm was undiminished through the 1960s and 70s until Ted died in 1974. Ted lost his right arm before the war in a lorry accident, but that didn’t stop him from competing in many trials and rallies, always in cars with manual gearboxes.

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