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Playback Magazine January 2010 (No. 405)

      
Grapevine
David & Margaret with inserts.
Contact  Malcolm Mathews on 0208 808 6016 for copies of Jubilee Club Tape.

What’s On with Ken Lindsay.

Edinburgh Art Group
Derek pays a visit to the Edinburgh Art Group organised in RNIB, Hillside Crescent in Edinburgh.
Contact Jane Coates 0131 652 3140.

Bungee Jumping!
Sent to us recently through an e.mail was this piece of humour
about an elderly couples visit to Canada. Llooking for something
to do for a few hours on the last day, they enquired at the local
tourist information centre!

Robert Burns Mauchline
Ally Smith recently visited the village of Mauchline in Ayrshire and the Burns House Museum which tells the story of the period Robert Burns lived in Mauchline. He talks to Stanley Sarsfield from East Ayrshire Councils Museum Department.
Burns House Museum, 5 Castle Street Mauchline, KA5 5BZ Tel:01290 550 045
Website for all Museums in East Ayrshire www.visiteastayrshire.com

British Wireless for the Blind
Derek recently talked to Paul Stanier about the new Sonata web based audio service and other services and equipment available from the British Wireless for the Blind.
Contact: 01622 754 757

Indepen-dance
Margaret visited the Ability Fest in Glasgow a couple months ago. One of the groups represented was ‘INDEPEN-DANCE’ who organise dance classes for all disabled groups.
Tel:0141 248 5525 mobile:07980 845902
e.mail indepen_dance@hotmail.com
www.indepen-dance.net

British Computer Association for the Blind (BCAB)
Derek talks to Hon President of BCAB Mike Townsend about the work and training courses available through the British Computer Association for the Blind.
Mike also tells us about his famous Guide Dog, Tom, which during the morning of London’s bomb blast in July 2005 guided Mike through a strange route direct to his London office.
Tel: 07967 658028
Email:president@bcab.org.uk        
www.bcab.org.uk