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1m Mar 26, 2014
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Jeremy Paxman talks about blinded WWI veterans on Insight Radio
Jeremy Paxman chat's about his book 'Great Britain's Great War', also mentioning Blind Veterans UK, then St Dunstan's, and the support we gave to blinded veterans of the First World War. He also learns about the birth of RNIB Talking Books. #RNIB #blindveterans #blind #veterans #worldwarone #talkingbooks
14m Feb 27, 2014
14m
BBC Radio Norfolk: Artist Peter Barrington
Blind artist Peter Barrington is interviewed on BBC Radio Norfolk about the support he has received from Blind Veterans UK.
10m Feb 20, 2014
10m
Blind veteran Peter Phipps on BBC Radio Oxford - Part 2
Blind veteran Peter Phipps speaks to Malcolm Boyden on #BBCRadio #Oxford about the free support he has received from #BlindVeteransUK. Read more on our blog: www.blindveteransblog.org.uk/news/blind-oxfordshire-raf-veteran-thanks-charity-for-absolutely-marvellous-support
8m Feb 10, 2014
8m
Blind veteran Peter Phipps on BBC Radio Oxford - Part 1
#Blind #veteran Peter Phipps speaks to Malcolm Boyden on #BBCRadio #Oxford about the free support he has received from #BlindVeteransUK.
5m Feb 10, 2014
5m
Blind Veterans UK's Centre Manager on BBC Radio Sussex
Centre Manager for Blind Veterans UK Lesley Garven speaks on BBC Radio Sussex
3m Feb 05, 2014
3m
BBC radio Shropshire
Fitness enthusiast Ian Venner speaks on BBC Radio Shropshire about his personal mission to trek 100k for Blind Veterans UK. www.walk100.org.uk
4m Jan 28, 2014
4m
Colin Firth talks about his new role in The Railway Man
Actor Colin Firth talks about his new role in The Railway Man film which is an adaptation of a book written by Eric Lomax. Eric was a prisoner of war alongside blind veteran Kenneth Hill who was also forced to work on the Railway of Death. Kenneth now receives free support from Blind Veterans UK, and you can read his story on our blog: www.blindveteransblog.org.uk/news/fepow-and-blind-veteran-k...
7m Jan 09, 2014
7m
BBC Radio Sheffield
Blind Veterans UK Sheffield centre manager Terry Heaton speaks to BBC Radio Sheffield with blind veteran Norman Baillie about the work of Blind Veterans UK. #charity #noonealone #blindness
9m Jan 08, 2014
9m
BBC Radio Humberside
Blind Veterans UK Sheffield centre manager Terry Heaton speaks to BBC Radio Humberside along with blind veteran Derek Sarginson about the work Blind Veterans UK does.
6m Jan 08, 2014
6m
BBC Radio Leeds
Blind veteran Simon Brown speaks on #BBC Radio #Leeds about the support he has received from Blind Veterans UK and the significance of #Christmas since being shot by sniper fire in #Iraq 6 years ago.
9m Dec 23, 2013
9m
BBC Radio Northamptonshire (part two)
Blind veteran Clive Huntingford speaks with wife Anne on BBC Radio Northamptonshire about his 2014 challenge to walk 100k for Blind Veterans UK. #walk100
8m Dec 23, 2013
8m
BBC Radio Northamptonshire
Blind veteran Clive Huntingford speaks with wife Anne on BBC Radio Northamptonshire about his 2014 challenge to walk 100k for Blind Veterans UK. #walk100
14m Dec 23, 2013
14m
Blind veteran Steve Tuffen speaks to KMFM Radio
Steve Tuffen who was shot twice in the head during the Falklands War, speaks to KMFM West Kent about the support he has received from national charity Blind Veterans UK. To request free support go to www.noonealone.org.uk.
1m Dec 19, 2013
1m
BFBS radio documentary ‘A Force for Good’
BFBS interviews people from each of the five charities supported by the BFBS Big Salute campaign. Listen to interviews with blind veterans David Martin, Simon Brown and Director of Fundraising and Communications Andrew Jones who are all representing Blind Veterans UK. #BFBS #Radio #Blindness #Vision #BigSalute
57m Nov 27, 2013
57m
BBC News 24 interview blind veteran Chris Nowell and his brother James
Chris Nowell talks of his experiences serving in the King's Royal Hussars in an interview on #Rememberance Sunday 2013
3m Nov 11, 2013
3m
Blind Veterans UK member Michael Scanlan on BBC Radio Humberside
On Remembrance Sunday 2013, Blind Veterans UK member Michael Scanlan shares his experiences on BBC Radio Humberside
5m Nov 11, 2013
5m
Blind Veterans UK member Maria Pikulski on BBC Radio Lancashire
3m Nov 11, 2013
3m
Blind Veterans UK's Archives Manager on BBC Radio Shropshire
Blind Veterans UK's Archives and Collections Manager Robert Baker speaks on BBC Radio Shropshire about the 98 year history of Blind Veterans UK, our former links with Shropshire itself and #Remembrance Sunday.
10m Nov 08, 2013
10m
Insights Radio Interview with blind veteran Carl Parkinson
Blind veteran Carl Parkinson is interviewed by RNIB Insights Radio about support he has received from national #charity Blind Veterans UK. Russell Snowdon of T(n)S Catering is also interviewed as he now holds the #WorldRecord for eating Ferrero Rocher in the quickest time.
4m Oct 31, 2013
4m
Blind veteran Karl Parkinson speaks to BFBS
Charlene Guy at BFBS did a short interview with blind veteran Karl Parkinson about the record breaking attempt day at Blind Veterans UK Llandudno that Charlie took part in. #guinnessworldrecord #record #llandudno #veteran #blindness
6m Oct 14, 2013
6m
21 Part One Joe Bennett's account of his time on the Russian Convoys
Blind veteran Joe Bennett tells his account of his time on the Russian Convoys during #WW2 #Russia #Veteran #blind #part1
43m Oct 08, 2013
43m
Blind veteran Billy Orr speaks of his time as a POW with BBC1
92 year old Billy Orr, who lives at the national #charity #Blind Veterans UK in #Brighton, tells of his time as a Prisoner of the #Korea War with #BBC1 South East. He also shows his Ambassador for Peace #medal which he has received recently.
4m Oct 03, 2013
4m
Blind veteran Billy Orr speaks of his time as a POW with BBC1
92 year old Billy Orr, who lives at the national charity Blind Veterans UK in Brighton, tells of his time as a Prisoner of the Korea War with BBC1 South East. He also shows his Ambassador for Peace medal which he has received recently. Read more: www.blindveteransblog.org.uk/news/92-year-old-billy-orr-tells-of-his-time-as-a-prisoner-of-the-korea-war
4m Oct 03, 2013
4m
BBC1 South East Interview with former POW and blind veteran Billy Orr
92 year old Billy Orr, who lives at the national charity Blind Veterans UK in Brighton, tells of his time as a Prisoner of the Korea War with BBC1 South East. He also shows his Ambassador for Peace medal which he has received recently. Read more: www.blindveteransblog.org.uk/news/92-year-old-billy-orr-tells-of-his-time-as-a-prisoner-of-the-korea-war
4m Oct 03, 2013
4m
BFBS shoutout for Blind Veterans UK 100k walk 2014
Thank you BFBS Radio who gave a big shout out for the Blind Veterans UK 100k walk 2014. Are you tough enough? www.walk100.org.uk
1m Sep 18, 2013
1m
A War Poem by William Robinson
A #War Poem by William Robinson, Blind Veterans UK Review December 1916, read by Matthew Hopkinson in March 2013
2m Sep 11, 2013
2m
'How I Won My Lizzie' by unnamed soldier
How I Won My Lizzie by an unknown soldier blinded in #WWI, featured in Blind Veterans UK Review November 1916, read by Charlie Collicutt in the March 2013 Review.
2m Sep 11, 2013
2m
BBC Radio Sussex interviews Korean War Veteran Billy Ore
#KoreanWar #Veteran Billy Ore speaks to #BBC Radio #Sussex about his campaign for his 'Peace Medal'.
4m Aug 15, 2013
4m
BBC Radio 4 Interview with Blind Veterans UK
Blind Veterans UK's Andrew Jones and member David Poyner speak to BBC Radio 4 about the #noonealone campaign.
11m Jul 10, 2013
11m
Simon Brown on Real Radio #Yorkshire
#Blind #veteran Simon Brown speaks to Real #Radio #Yorkshire.
1m Jul 09, 2013
1m
Johnny Ball on BFBS Radio
TV Star Johnny Ball speaks to #BFBS #Radio about our #noonealone campaign.
15m Jul 09, 2013
15m
Blind veteran Simon Brown on BBC Radio Leeds
#blind #veteran Simon Brown speaks to #BBC #Radio #Leeds
12m Jul 09, 2013
12m
TV Star Johnny Ball is Interviewed by BFBS Radio
TV Star Johnny Ball is interviewed by Charlene Guy of #BFBS #Radio to discuss his backing of the Blind Veterans UK #noonealone campaign.
3m Jun 11, 2013
3m
TV Star Johnny Ball is Interviewed by BFBS Radio
TV Star Johnny Ball is interviewed by Charlene Guy on BFBS Radio to discuss the Blind Veterans UK #noonealone campaign.
5m Jun 11, 2013
5m
BFBS Interview Blind Veterans UK's Tracy
#BFBS interview Blind Veterans UK's Tracy Stratford about the up and coming #tartsfotroops #baking #campaign 29th June - 5th June www.tartsfortroops.org.uk
6m May 29, 2013
6m
BBC Radio Sussex - Project Gemini
#BBC #Radio #Sussex feature Blind Veterans UK project #gemini exchange week.
20s May 23, 2013
20s
Sheffield Live Interview about the No One Alone campaign
Blind Veterans UK Sheffield centre manager Terry Heaton and member Dennis talk to #Sheffield Live about our No One Alone campaign.
59m May 07, 2013
59m
BBC Radio Wales: Llandudno official opening
BBC Radio Wales cover the official opening of Blind Veterans UK Llandudno centre, conducted by General Sir David Richards, Chief of the Defence Staff.
27s May 02, 2013
27s
BFBS Radio Ad for Blind Veterans UK Tarts for Troops campaign
BFBS Radio give a shout out to the Blind Veterans UK Tarts for Troops #baking campaign.
1m Apr 30, 2013
1m
BFBS Radio Ad for Blind Veterans UK 100km Walk
BFBS give a shout out to the Blind Veterans UK 100km walk. www.walk100.org.uk
1m Apr 30, 2013
1m
BBC Radio Norfolk
Chris Merrylees, a Virgin #London #Marathon runner and #guide to #Blind #Veterans UK member Mike Scholes, speaks to #BBC #Radio #Norfolk about his Marathon #challenge.
1m Apr 23, 2013
1m
A Dog's Tail by TH Dennison, blinded in France in 1915, published in Blind Veterans UK Review in 1917, read by Charlotte Cooper-Garcha March 2013
Charlotte Cooper-Garcha is a student at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She read three poems, which were written by Thomas Dennison, an early member of Blind Veterans UK who was blinded in the First World War. An official in a coal mine in Staffordshire before the war, he joined the 8th North Staffs on 7th September 1914. A year later he was totally blinded by a trench mortar at Givenchy in ...
4m Apr 17, 2013
4m
An Odd Ditty by TH Dennison, a soldier blinded in France in 1915, featured in Blind Veterans UK Review in 1917, read by Charlotte Cooper Garcha March 2013
Charlotte Cooper-Garcha is a student at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She read three poems, which were written by Thomas Dennison, an early member of Blind Veterans UK who was blinded in the First World War. An official in a coal mine in Staffordshire before the war, he joined the 8th North Staffs on 7th September 1914. A year later he was totally blinded by a trench mortar at Givenchy in ...
3m Apr 17, 2013
3m
His Master's Voice by TH Dennison a soldier blinded in France in 1915, featured in Blind Veterans UK Review 1917, read by Charlotte Cooper-Garcha March 2013
Charlotte Cooper-Garcha is a student at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She read three poems, which were written by Thomas Dennison, an early member of Blind Veterans UK who was blinded in the First World War. An official in a coal mine in Staffordshire before the war, he joined the 8th North Staffs on 7th September 1914. A year later he was totally blinded by a trench mortar at Givenchy in ...
3m Apr 17, 2013
3m
WWII Veteran Helen Wilson talks of the time she went AWOL
The account by Helen Wilson is an incredible one of the time she went AWOL in April 1945 to go to France to find the grave of her brother who had been killed in action. Fighting was still going on and it was a dangerous time. Helen’s account provides an insight into the time and it is an extraordinary story of love and courage to find the final resting place of her brother. Helen gave this to B...
1hr 3m Apr 17, 2013
1hr 3m
BBC Radio Sussex Interview
Blind Veterans UK centre manger Lesley Garven and member Terry Walker are interviewed on BBC Radio Sussex about the 75th Anniversary of the Brighton centre and Terry's challenge to walk 75 miles this year.
6m Apr 03, 2013
6m
Blind veteran Craig Lundberg on Heart FM
Blind Veterans UK member Craig Lundberg is interviewed on Heart FM Northwest and Wales. Craig talks about his experiences in #Iraq ten years on and also the #charity Blind Veterans UK.
1m Mar 26, 2013
1m
Simon Brown talks to BBC Radio Leeds - #Iraq 10 years on
Blind Veterans UK member and employee Simon Brown talks to #BBC #Radio #Leeds about #Iraq #tenyearson
12m Mar 19, 2013
12m
Bob Early speaks to Anne Diamond on BBC Radio Berkshire Part 2
Part 2 of the inteview with Blind Veterans UK member Bob Early on BBC Radio Berkshire by Anne Diamond. Bob talks about his time serving in WW2 and his covert operation in Germany where he identified an SS officer.
8m Jan 31, 2013
8m