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Margaret with something from the postbag e,mail for magazine fraserp3@virginmedia.com information for Magazine 0141 776 3395, playback website www.play-back.com
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Brian West went along to an RNIB presentation at the Forth Valley Sensory Centre in Camelon, to find out about a new voting idea for the visually impaired at future elections. It was attended by George Adam MSP Minister for Parliamentary Business, along with a number of MSP’s also a number of visually impaired likely to use the service, which in effect is making use of the USB players with recorded information as to what is contained in the ballot paper. Brian spoke to some of those attending including RNIB’s Director in Scotland James Adams.
https://www.boots.com/ Margaret with details of the new Christmas Gift Guide
Brian with some ideas from Cobolt’s catalogue https://cobolt.co.uk/
by William McGonigal
From our archive in 1977, Bill Lewis reads William McGonigal’s Praise of Glasgow
From the Vocaleyes website and the London without sight section, Alasdair Stewart reads a description of the Cenotaph in London
’s Whitehall scene every November of the nations act of rememberence. Our thanks to Vocalise for the use of this item, for more about this organisation and the many audio clips on their website go to https://vocaleyes.co.uk/
Jonny Trunk founded Trunk Records in 1995, a cult British label that specialises in film music, library music, early electronics and exotic, nostalgic recordings. It was the first label to release music from cult horror films such as The Wicker Man. Trunk is also a regular broadcaster on London’s art radio station Resonance FM. His long-running radio show OST has concentrated on film music, TV music, library music and related recordings since 2004 and is the only show of its kind on British radio. Other recent broadcasting has included the BBC Radio 4 documentary Into The Music Library and presenting on BBC Two’s The Culture Show. Trunk was the first dedicated film music DJ in the UK https://www.trunkrecords.com/ www.johncavanagh.co.uk
John Cavanagh spoke to Jonny
From our Archive in 1980, Duncan
Simpson Sent us this programme he prepared after a visit to Scapa Flow in Orkney which played a significant part in both world wars.
Ending that programme was the music from Jim McLeod, from our archive in 1977 we hear an interview with Jim by John and Peter Douglas. Jim died in 2004