In my personal investigation I am going to be exploring the life that my papa, Terry Batho, lived and documenting the legacy he left behind. I was ten years old when my papa died. I was close with both my gran parents but at that age I didn’t have the same sort of relationship with him than I would now. By looking into the life that my grandad lived and what kind of man he was, it gives me the opportunity to get to know him more and get a sense of closeness to him even though he has passed away. By speaking with my nan, my mum, my aunty and his close friends I can begin to paint a picture of the kind of man my grandad was. I can start to feel like I knew him and by speaking with his friends I can start to see the unique character that my papa had. I am going to be focusing on one of Terry’s biggest passion was Mini’s. He owned multiple over the years, buying them, fixing them and selling them. His garage has tools that he used to work on his cars, he also had specialist tools that were designed certain task to do with classic mini’s. He also had a very special car that was superior above all the rest. When his father died he used his inheritance money to by the millennium edition Mini Cooper S John Cooper works edition. This car was one of the small batch of Cooper S models that were the last of the classic British design to roll of the production line before BMW introduced the new shape mini in 2000. His legacy lives on and has influenced me. When he died in 2010, many members of the Jersey Mini Club did a drive by and an escort to the cemetery. My dad drove his special edition car in the escort with my uncle in the passenger seat and I sat in the back. I can vividly remember sitting on the red leather seats in the small back of the car. I thought to my self this is the coolest car I have ever been in, the metal dashboard and the cooper S details stood out to me and since that day I have always wanted one. And now I own one.