Rowlett, Wade – Liked to wade in with a mike

Wade Rowlett  (1970 – 2023)

ALTHOUGH born in Plymouth, Wade Rowlett has spent most of his life in the Grantham area.

He grew up in Syston, was educated at Barkston & Syston primary school, then Kings School, Grantham 1981-1986 although wasn’t invited to join the 6th Form.

Instead, he went on a part-time course at Grantham College from 1986-1990 gaining his ONC & HNC Building Construction before moving to Nottingham Trent University (part time) in 1990-1993 for his Construction Management Degree.

He was appointed a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Building  (FCIOB) in 2004.

Wade worked his way through management structures of the National Builders & Material manufacturers until working for himself.

He formed his successful business Fairway Fixings in 2002 and established Fairway Contracting in 2005, which went in to liquidation in 2009.

His company won the Journal Small Business of the year 2004 while Wade became Journal Business Person of the year 2007

He joined the new Grantham Business Club in 2003, becoming joint chairman with Alastair Hawken 2006-7

His media work began in 1984 when he joined Radio Witham as part of a Duke of Edinburgh award scheme and stayed until 1994.

He was an original presenter on GCR (Grantham’s first radio station which lasted just a month on medium waveband)

Wade’s a founder member of Gravity FM, presenting Wade’s World and Newsweek until he retired” from broadcasting 2007.

He was MC at the Grantham Hospital protest in Wyndham Park, as well as GFEST music festival, Grantham College sports events, hair and fashion shows.

Wade has became a Governor at Grantham College in 2009 where he studied for a post grad in education (part time)  while lecturing on the CIOB Diploma & Certificate insite management in the evenings

He liked to keep fit too having run a couple of half marathons in less than two hours, and is a sub 1 hour 15  sprint Triathlon “athlete” (swim 400m, ride 13 miles, run 3.1 miles).

He was a veteran of the Men’s Health Survival of the Fittest competition in Nottingham and bought a Cleveland bay cross hunter to improving his riding skills.