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02/01/2018

Fred and Etta Reid

BBC Radio 4 - In Touch, Fred and Etta Reid

Dr Fred and Etta Reid talk to Peter White about their long-lasting relationship.

News, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted. Dr Fred and Etta Reid talk to Peter White about their long and successful partnership.

Dr Fred and Etta Reid are both blind and met at the Royal School for the Blind in Edinburgh. They have been married for over fifty years. In that time they have raised three sighted children. Fred was a lecturer at Warwick University and Etta was a physiotherapist in the NHS. They also set up a volunteer reader service for blind people in Kenilworth where they both still live. They talk to Peter White about the pleasures and pressures of combining family and working life alongside their campaigning work for people with a visual impairment.

Presenter: Peter White
Producer: Cheryl Gabriel.

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