During the Depression years, his father's printing business went bankrupt, his education at Marlborough was cut short.
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Rowsell was picked up by British Cycling's Talent Team programme in 2004, after being tested at her school.
Rowsell has amongst many racing successes won the Merlin Rocket Class Championships at Abersoch Wales in 1978, crewed by Jon Turner, with a series of results which have never yet been surpassed by a later Champion of the Class.
Wolf Alice began in 2010, initially as a solo project of Ellie Rowsell, with the name taken from a book by Angela Carter.