Charles, his wife Hilary and their two children, Nick and Naomi, arrived at Wells from Stowe in January 1986, when Charles took up the post as head of histor y. A few months later Charles was also appointed as house parent of Shrewsbury, and he and the family moved into Vicars Close, which would be their home for the next 14 years.

Charles was promoted to deputy head in 2000, managing the day to day running of the school, heading up the marketing team, and responsible for pastoral care of all students and staff.

Ken started at Wells in 1978, and married Margaret the following year. "Chemistry was ( and still is ) my subject, but I also coached and refereed rugby and hockey from Y7 to second team level as well as canoeing, and running O level and A level photography. Spells as an assistant In Cedars and de Salis lead to being housemaster in Cedars from 1986-1996. Those of you from those days may remember it’s rather basic nature-but at least I got central heating and a kitchen installed. I then wrote the timetable and helped start the heads of year system. I did 7 years running the activity programme retiring in 2017 to do a bit of part time.Now Margaret and I are retired, living in Wells and hosting two adult children through various aspects of lockdown, The eldest lives with her husband and daughter in Bristol. We have a new member of the family, Gus, the cutest cockapoo in the world who is keeping me fit.I am really pleased to be joining the Old Wellies more officially and look forward to seeing more of you at the various functions."

George was at Wells "a long time ago" (actually 1961-1970) but has a more recent connection as a parent. He says that there must be some ancient magnetism to the place that never quite lets you go. After leaving school and completing an economics degree he became a Social Worker in the Rhondda and then a hospital administrator for a few years before leaving the public sector for a career in consultancy. Over twenty years he developed skills in performance improvement and delivering large IT systems before retirement in 2007.

Now George shares his giving back time between The Wellensian Association and AROPS, The Alumni Association where he is a national committee member. He and wife Julia moved from Berkshire to Wiltshire, now there is no need to be near London or an airport.

George is enthusiastic to try some new ideas for the Association though he is very much aware that these will rely on the hard work of the Executive Committee and the support of members. George can be contacted at chairman@oldws.org.uk

Antonia Merrick (OW 1988) has extensive experience in senior PA roles – valuable to us in getting organised! She is Business Manager to the Chair & Chief Executive of The Electoral Commission and now lives in St Osyth, “I’ve gone from a Wessex girl to an Essex girl!” but she feels echoes of Wells, living within the grounds of the C7th Priory, a heritage site which is undergoing an exciting restoration.

Antonia has an impressive track record including Exec Assistant to the CEO at County Broadband, working for the CEO at The Museum of London Archaeology and before that for the Jordanian Ambassador, and at Westminster with Sir Nicholas Soames and in the CEO office of AXA for many years.

After Wells she went to Royal Holloway & Bedford New College for her History Degree and later gained a Masters in Heritage Management. She says, “I still love my history and even though I work five days a week, I volunteer as a tour guide at heritage sites and a local museum and am a member of all the local history groups. I am a practising Christian and go to Church - another thing that rubbed off from Wells as well as family. I still also enjoy socialising as anyone who has seen me at a Wellies get together will know!”

After Wells, Mike went to St Mary's University Twickenham to read Sports and Media. After jobs at Nuffield Health and Millfield he now teaches physical education at Surbiton High School and runs his own swim coaching and lifeguard and first aid training company, Murton Training & Aquatics.

Suki is a Captain with Easyjet and flies all over Europe from Bristol. As a female achiever in a predominantly male profession she is keen to share with others her passion for her job and how she achieved her success. She still lives in Wells and as well as her Wellensian careers interests is also a great contributor to our social media.

Hannah is a Chief Inspector with the Metropolitan Police Service where she has served for 25 years. Her varied career has taken her from uniform and CID roles in Ealing Borough, work on the Crime & Disorder Act crime audit, a move to Brent Borough on promotion to Sergeant and to Hendon Police Training School as Inspector. Further promotions followed and she is currently seconded to Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services where she has a portfolio concerned with mental health inspection - how effectively police in England & Wales respond to mental health crisis.

Chris started at Wells as a chorister and a boarder in 1971, staying through to complete ‘A' Levels in 1979. He ran away to the join Dartmouth and the Royal Navy that September, before University and eight subsequent years before the mast.

Chris's last job in the Navy saw him back in Bristol at HMS Flying Fox and he stayed in the City once hequalified as a lawyer (specialising in Employment Law). He is now a partner at Burges Salmon LLP and has moved to the Chew Valley, halfway between Bristol and Wells.

Chris had his arm firmly twisted by Alwyn Gillen to join the OW's committee as the Old Chorister's representative a few years ago and is a current parent at the school with two daughters enjoying all that the school has to offer. Chris is also a trustee of the School Foundation and chairs the relatively newly formed Wells Cathedral Choir Association (WCCA), which is designed to be an alumni for ex- choristers, organists, vicars choral and choral scholars. Chris therefore provides a link between the three Associations and is keen to hear from anyone who is keen to be more actively involved with the WCCA.

Contact Chris here

Dan did an engineering degree and was a Royal navy Engineer for seven years. Since then he has been a Senior Boiler and Machinery Consultant and Account Engineer at Global Risk Consultants. He specialises in machinery breakdown, business interruption analysis of production and utility equipment in varied manufacturing facilities worldwide.

Wallace was at Wells from 1986 to 1988 under a School scholarship (grateful thanks to the School indeed). Being a specialist cellist musician at Wells, Wallace managed to get offers from three music colleges and won the first place for the Mid-Somerset Music Festival Open String Concerto Class.

After leaving School and completing a mathematics degree at Oxford University, Wallace trained to become a professional accountant and has been working in the auditing profession ever since, with work-related travels to more than eight countries. Currently, Wallace is settling back in Hong Kong as his base (so as to have more time with his wife and son), working for a blue-chip listed group in Hong Kong as Internal Audit Manager, with direct reporting responsibilities to the Audit Committee of listed companies.

Apart from being the Association's Hong Kong Representative, Wallace is also a Director of the Wells Music Society of Hong Kong. Through organizing Wellensian functions in Hong Kong, Wallace believes that Hong Kong Wellensians can have closer bonding together because of Wells Cathedral School, a place so far from Hong Kong yet so near to the heart of each of the Hong Kong Wellensians. 

Contact Wallace here