| Description | Interview with an unidentified man, possibly Mr Morrison at the braille press. He tells anecdotes about the importance of touch for blind people and the pitying or sympathetic attitudes of sighted people towards him in his daily life (track 1).
Interview with William Jeffrey, foreman at the braille press. He demonstrates the binding process for producing braille magazines to Charles Parker and Philip Donnellan, amnidst sounds of the machines in operation, and describes the action of different machines. He talks about the extent of his own vision, the vision of some of the other workers at the press and the potential dangers in the workplace. He describes the set-up of printing plates (tracks 2-4).
Track 5: sound effects of printing and binding machines in operation 3.29 mins
William Jeffrey continues to give a tour of the press, demonstrating the use of different machines for producing braille books and magazines and discussing the speeds at which braille can be read. He talks about binding a bible for the British and Foreign Bible Society amidst the sounds of people operating machines. He explains the binding and finishing process for hardback and paperback books. He talks about advantages of learning to read braille from a blind teacher, being supervised during sports by sighted teachers and ancillary staff, and gives his opinion that more needs to be done to provide social activities for blind people. He talks about his interest in athletics, the methods he uses for throwing events and the difficulties he has found in finding lodgings. He thinks this is because sighted people assume he will be a burden and compares the discrimination he has found with discrimination against black and Asian people (tracks 6-11).
Total: 36.17 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0998280 |