| Description | Track 1: recording setup 0.18 mins
Interview with Walter Thornton, Bournville. He talks about having impaired sight and his difficulties in getting around, discusses being blinded in 1944 while in the RAF and being treated at St Dunstans before coming to Bournville, and describes his work there with young people. He goes on to discuss the different experiences of people who are born blind and those who lose their sight and talks about relative benefits of having lost his sight in adulthood. He describes his role in the RAF, navigation without sight, the challenges to the development of his skills after he lost his sight, his acceptance of his condition and the recovery process at St Dunstans. He discusses the frustration of being dependent on others, St Dunstans good record of placing people in employment and his first experiences of travelling around on his own after losing his sight (tracks 1-7).
Total: 16.54 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF549C0509180 |