Charlie Dunne (1999 – 2018) From our ‘Memories of Charlie afternoon’ held for his year group: What can I add about my memories of Charlie? Inevitably, because of the closeness of the school community, my memories will intermingle with those of my colleagues. Firstly, I will always remember his huge smile, his ready laughter and general enjoyment of life – you always knew when Charlie was around. There was noise, a lot of noise; he was seldom still and quiet in the Sixth Form Common Room, or
Towards the end of the Summer term 2018 we received the awful news that Charlie Dunne, one of our Year 13 students and a member of Denson House, had died after suffering a terrible accident on a beach in North Devon. Charlie had recently completed his A-levels, attended the Leavers’ Ball with friends and staff on Sunday 8 July and then travelled to North Devon for a holiday with family and some friends.
his death, and from our Book of Condolence. In the coming months we will talk more about how we will remember Charlie more formally and will perhaps share this with you in the next edition.
indeed in the Learning Centre and
To Charlie, once an Aylesburian, always an Aylesburian
that little boy in 2012 singing Cee
We will always remember you.
It is extremely difficult to put anything into words when tragedy strikes a close-knit community such as ours here at AGS and to try to make sense of events, which have caused a great deal of pain and sadness amongst so many people who knew and worked alongside Charlie. We hope the following collection of thoughts and reflections are a small but fitting tribute to such an energetic and wellloved student. The reflections and words are extracts from some of the tributes given in the days following
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there was always a buzz and friends around him. The second thing that comes to my mind is 7 years of House Music – Lo Green and ‘Forget You’ with such confidence, is overlaid layer by layer in my memory with a succession of numbers; ‘What About Now’, ‘Mirrors’, ‘September’, ‘Busy Earnin’, ‘Radio Gaga’ and finally, triumphantly, ‘Take Me Out’ in February 2018. Same character, same smile, same attitude – just all a lot bigger. Denson’s fortunes in House Music, and indeed in the Watson Trophy seem, in my mind anyway, to be so connected with Charlie and his irrepressible zest for life and his willingness to keep on putting himself in the arena – even when things did not go well. My memories of Charlie’s performances in House Music are the ones I find hardest to go back to
