Adrian Flach

The Flach Family (Guildford)

Adrian b. 1939 m. 1971 Margaret b. 1943 nee Carnachan

Katharine b. 1972 Zelie b. 1974 Paul b. 1976 Martin b. 1979

Adrian worked for Kodak after leaving school, and joined the BBC in 1961. In 1963 he took over the Rambling section of the Grotto Club (later the Cardinal Club), from Peter Flach.

We have lived in Guildford for twenty-eight years, moving once. The children all went to local schools, firstly St Thomas of Canterbury, and on to St Peters.

Adrian retired after thirty-two years at the BBC. Last year he completed walking the North Downs Way, and has now started the Thames Path. His interests are still railways and gardens, but has now added computers and Internet `surfing'.

Margaret returned to Physiotherapy in 1984, and has specialised in Paediatrics. She works full time for the local NHS Community Trust, and is also a Health and Safety Rep. She is just finishing the OU T171 course, `You, your computer and the Net', which has been a complete enlightennent into Information Technology.

Katharine graduated from Trinity and All Saints College in French and Media Studies. She took a TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) course and worked in Japan for eighteen months. She has worked in Sardinia for the last two years, and speaks fluent Italian. (The beaches and the lifestyle are good)!

Zelie graduated from Cardiff University, in European Community Studies, with French and Spanish. She has worked in London for the British Tourist Authority, and is currently working in Tenerife, and enjoying the sunshine.

Paul graduated from Leeds University in International Relations. He spent six months in Barcelona learning Spanish. He is just about to finish his MA in War Studies at Kings College, London.

Martin has just graduated from Swansea University having read International Relations with Politics. He has not decided what to do next!

August 2000