Dennis James Joseph Flach

b. 9 Feb 1932 m. 1967 Daphne Thompson b. 5 Aug 1947

1964 Dennis moved to small flat overlooking Lords Cricket Ground.

1967 Married Daphne and moved to house in Ealing to accommodate Daphne's clothes.

1968 Timothy born 27 July.

1969 Bought bungalow near the sea at Pagham, West Sussex as a holiday home and spent many happy family holidays and weekends there cycling, walking and sailing Skipper dinghy. We still spend time in the bungalow enjoying the Sussex countryside.

1971 Nicholas born 17 April.

1979 Sophie born 30 January.

1992 Dennis retired on 9 February after 26 years with Granada Television. It was also our silver wedding anniversary year and instead of having a party Daphne, Dennis, Tim, Nick and Sophie (Ben, the border collie had to be left in kennels) went to Australia for five weeks to visit Isobel (Dennis's sister) and Norbert de Rome's family in Sydney. We then flew up to Cairns and whilst Daphne and Dennis sat under the palm trees, the children went bungee jumping and white water rafting.

1993 Tim liked the weather so much in Australia, after qualifying as an accountant he moved from Touche Ross in London to Deloitte Touche in Atlanta, U.S.A. He can now play golf in permanent sunshine!

2000 Tim married an extremely nice American professional young woman, Heather Davidson, in Atlanta in May. They met through a tennis club. We have now expanded our family to include some charming American relations.

Nick is living in Brighton and working in Information Technology.

Sophie is reading English at Bristol University. She co-directed her production of "The Shadowy Waters" by W.B. Yeats and took it, with fellow students, up to this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival and a critic in `The Scotsman' gave them a wonderful review with a I-star rating.

Daphne and Dennis are at home still looking after Ben, the border collie, who is now 11.

From The Scotsman 9 August 2000

The Shadowy Waters Directed by Sophie Flach Komedia @ Southside ****

THIS talented young group performs a play by Yeats on a shoestring budget to a handful of people in the middle of the night. The spirit of the Fringe is alive.

If you are turned off by Yeats's flirtations with magic harps, murdered kings and defiled queens, you'll find this play a bit daft. However, if you enjoy mythical resonance, chivalric romanticism and swooning lyricism, this show's for you.

The cast relish the dense poetic language, exhibiting superb discipline and impressive vocal work. The production, tight, elegant and passionate, delivers everything from chilling fear of the unknown to the tenderest eroticism with clarity, conviction and sensitivity..

Simple lighting is used to great effect and bold tableaux make for effective staging. Yeats's interest in traditional Japanese theatre is apparent, and there is a visual richness which draws from art nouveau. This company has done its homework.

It is a joy to witness these dedicated performers flexing their considerable theatrical muscle on this demanding script.

Diane Dubois