| Description | Miss Henderson talks about being blind and putting people at their ease (track 1)
Interview with John Cooper of Liverpool, a student at Harborne. He discusses being partially sighted from birth, and describes how he sees the world around him and how easy it is for him to read. He talks about his education at St Vincents school in Liverpool and Exhall Grange in Coventry, describes the types of work and qualifications he has taken there and his plans for his future career. He discusses his experiences of growing up partially sighted, the effects of an operation to improve his sight and the views of sighted people towards him. He talks about the characteristics he finds attractive in girls, about his girlfriend, and the social activities they like. He discusses the importance of touch and feeling in relationships and gives his view that sighted people are too much influenced by physical attraction. (tracks 2-9)
Interview with Miss Yates, a craft teacher at Harborne. She discusses the craft work she does with students including making cards, soft toys and rugs. Charles Parker also speaks to an eighteen year old boy who came to the school from India five years ago, and Miss Yates talks about some of her students. She speaks about the therapeutic aspect of the craft work and the need for sighted teachers to change their terminology when teaching blind students. She discusses her career working for BRIB (Birmingham Royal Institute for the Blind) and moves towards getting students to go out into open industry. She talks about teaching sock machine knitting and the use of crafts to develop students sense of touch, describes some of the craft activities, and shows Charles Parker some of the finished items (tracks 10-14)
Interview with a teacher in the light engineering workshop. He discusses his previous career in the Navy, describes how his current job has changed over time, and shows Charles Parker some of the items made in the workshop (tracks 15-16)
Total: 36.17 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0967880 |