| Description | Part of an interview with Arthur Phillipson, worker at a centre proving training for blind people to use guide dogs, interrupted by a recording of part of the third programme in the 'Song Carriers' series on traditional folk music and the folk revival, introduced by Ewan MacColl.
Track 1: Arthur Phillipson talks about the constraints on blind people, their feelings of isolation, and their inability to gain employment because they do not have the required mobility skills or the support of their relatives. He talks about the need for sighted people to change their attitudes when approaching blind people to offer help 3.00 mins
Track 2: Ewan MacColl discusses 'lilting' 0.51 mins
Track 3: Maggie McDonagh of Co. Galway sings 'The Blackthorn' 1.58 mins
Track 4: Ewan MacColl discusses the performance of the previous song 1.07 mins
Track 5: Mary Reynolds Mohill, Co.Leitrim sings 'My Darling sleeps in England' 3.29 mins
Track 6: Ewan MacColl discusses deterioration in vocal flexibility in old age 0.43 mins
Track 7: Hannah Short, miner's widow from Fatfield, Co. Durham, sings 'Still I Love Him' 1.56 mins
Track 8: Ewan MacColl discusses the style of Phil Tanner of Llangennith, Glamorgan 1.01 mins
Track 9: Phil Tanner sings 'The Banks of Sweet Primroses' 3.26 mins
Track 10: Ewan MacColl discusses the study of style of old singers by young folk revival singers 0.44 mins
Track 11: Frankie Armstrong sings 'The Banks of Sweet Primroses' 2.08 mins
Track 12: Ewan MacColl discusses decoration used by folk singers and use of angularity 1.30 mins
Track 13: Sheila McGregor of New Alyth, Perthshire, sings 'Andrew Lammie' 4.13 mins
Interview with Arthur Phillipson continues. He talks about changes in the lives and attitudes of blind people who begin working with guide dogs, and in particular the increased independence of women who have often been sheltered by their family, and goes on to discuss the satisfaction he gets from teaching mobility skills, the initial feelings of apprehension of people beginning mobility training and the development of peoples characters through their emancipation from dependence on others. He talks about the necessity for people working in blind welfare to undergo a period living in blindfold to enable them to appreciate the irritations that sighted people place on blind people. He thinks that mutual confidence between trainers and students is essential, and talks about the importance of recognising different levels of progress amongst the students (tracks 14-18).
Total: 40.47 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0762380 |