| Description | Track 1: recording setup
Interview with Mr Wilson, Ministry of Labour, London. He discusses the types of employment for blind people in sheltered workshops and machine workshops, the increased employment of blind people in factories during the Second World War, the changing situation after the war with the passing of the Disabled Persons Employment Act, the opening of a training centre at Letchworth and the development of techniques for using machinery there. He discusses the work of BPROs (Blind Persons Resettlement Officers) and the importance of rehabilitation centres. He talks about the number of registered blind and partially sighted people in different types of employment, the different jobs done by men and women, and changes in the causes of blindness and how these causes affect the placement of people in employment (tracks 2-4).
Total: 16.08 mins.
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0965880 |