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' WHEREAS I WAS BLIND'

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

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A tribute to Louis Braille on the centenary of his death
Louis Braille (1809-1852) died thinking that his invention of an alphabet that the blind could read by touch was a failure. In this programme the blind themselves show how completely he had succeeded
John Jarvis and Wyn Griffith introduce
Hazel Winter , Nina Barrett Rupert Cross. Sydney Jones together with the pupils of Worcester College for the Blind
Chorleywood College
Royal Normal College and Academy of Music for the Blind
Linden Lodge
Sunshine Home Nursery School,

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Louis Braille
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John Jarvis
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Wyn Griffith
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Hazel Winter
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Nina Barrett
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Rupert Cross.
Source: Radio Times

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