and i thought, do you know, these things are so worth it sorting out what he wants to do and what he enjoys doing and making the effort to do it. he was diagnosed with dementia three years ago and after the initial shock, carole decided to give her husband a series of experiences to treasure. he s always looked after me and now s my time to make sure his life is all right. you know, that s important. they ve been married for 47 years and carole is determined danny s dementia won t define their relationship from now on. that person hasn t changed, that person is still there. they might not be able to cope with life like they did and you might have very exasperated moments with them but, at the end of the day, that s the person you married and you just go along with it and accept what the day brings. their next big project is a trip to australia to see their grandchild. until then, they have always got the music to keep them smiling.
it s exhausting humiliating, but could it trigger a fresh conflict? civil war needs a generalised state of hatred. i don t think we are there. i think we are on the level of political parties able to mobilise their sympathisers, during episodes on short periods. i don t believe deep inside that we are on the verge of a civil war, but maybe a series of similar episodes of violent clashes. they are still cleaning up here but the streets are calm and order has been restored. what hasn t been resolved though are the underlying tensions that led to this violence and that makes it very difficult to predict how all this will end. when danny 0 ryan was diagnosed with dementia three years ago, his wife carole set out to help him fulfill some life long ambitions. danny who began learning the piano and organ almost 80 years ago has always dreamed of playing on the big stage so carole made it happen. audrey dias has been to meet them.
making sweet music to fulfil the ambition of a lifetime. 82 year old danny from 0swestry has played the piano since he was four, but he has always dreamt of playing the famous wurlitzer organ at blackpool tower. so i d start a tune and he would move up and change the taps and the settings while i was playing, so and we just went on non stop for an hour doing that. and, of course, what i can do is i can play the piano or the organ and play in any key. on monday, his wife carole made that dream a reality. he played great and he came out of the stage and his face he was concentrating so hard, i think the building could ve fell down and i don t think he d have noticed! the family filmed the performance so danny can watch it again and again. he was on an absolute high