Angela and Barry have been together for 18 years, married seven years ago—finally goaded into it by offspring and friends (”I want to buy a new hat so hurry up and get married”). They have lived in Dyers House for the past eight years and regard its renovation as a labour of love.

Angela has many years of experience in the hotel and airline industries, having been a Class 1 flight attendant for British Airways. In New Zealand she has been marketing manager for an international hotel chain and more recently she worked with top executives and parliamentary personnel promoting air charter operations. All this whilst running her own equestrian bespoke tailoring business and raising two lovely daughters, Clare who is a pilot, currently working with NZ Civil Aviation Authority, and Paula who is a primary school teacher.

Barry worked in clinical R&D for a pharmaceutical company in many countries before migrating to New Zealand and promoting the use of Apple computers in secondary & tertiary education. He was co-founder/owner of a highly successful tertiary training college which was sold recently after ten years of growth and innovation. A lifelong supporter of Tottenham Hotspur soccer team (go Spurs), Barry finds entertainment these days in the ups and downs of the All Blacks. He has three children; Colin is a glassblower with his own highly successful art glass studio, Carole is a qualified accountant and Sophie is undertaking postgraduate studies in Classics and English Literature.

What Barry says

Angie has always said that I look windswept and interesting, I used to think it was a compliment. She also says that I have too many brains and not enough common sense and that sometimes I live on another planet. Actually being in my own little world means I can be surrounded by all the things I love—Angie, family and friends—absent or otherwise, ethnic food—especially British…, most music, good beer, travel destinations rather than travel itself, my computer, wine, movies, books of all description, cocktails, trying out new things, comedy. Back in the real world I can often be heard to ask "is there something menial I can help you with?"