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Grapevine - with Margaret Cowie and David Tanner.
CancerBACUP - Peter Fraser recently visited the offices of CancerBACUP in Glasgow to find out more about this national information service. He spoke to Stuart Danskin, Cancer Information Outreach Specialist.
Watches and Clocks from Showroom - Margaret and David examined some new watches and clocks from the Centre for Sensory Impaired in Glasgow. Contact number for information 0141 334 5530 ask for Liz.
Mail Boat on Loch Lomond - Derek Young recently took a trip on the Royal Mail boat who deliver letters to the many islands on Loch Lomond. He spoke to
John Mcfarlane and some of the other passengers. Contact 01360 870 214, McFarlane’s Boat Yard.
What’s On - with Ken Lindsay
Weavers Cottage – Kilbarchan - Derek recently went to the Weavers Cottage in Kilbarchan, which is run by the National Trust for Scotland. He spoke to Derek Alexander, Archaeologist with the trust, about some of the recent digs at the back of the cottage.
Alan Sturmey in Myanmar - Over the years we have been kept in touch with Alan Sturmey’s son Nick, now living in Myanmar. We attended his wedding on tape. Alan and his wife Jennifer recently visited Nick, and from the lounge of their home gave us a description of the sights and sounds of the area.
Sound Site 2005 - Margaret, David, and Gordon Luke paid a visit to this year’s Annual Sound Site Exhibition of Equipment and Services in Glasgow’s
Quality Central Hotel. Next month we will have a full report, but here is Gordon’s report for this month.
He talked to Francis from Disability Information Service (telephone 0141 945 5036), Roland Myers from Soundings Magazine and Paul Porter from the RNIB. Paul was demonstrating the first talking DAB radio and a new talking mobile phone.
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