MONEY FOR THE BLIND
Distressed at seeing blind soldiers returning from the war, Richard Thomas Hughes, a ship's steward, of Florence Street, , Liverpool, made a New Year resolution in January, 1915. This was that all his life's savings should go to the blind. He died a bachelor at the age of 74. His solicitor, Mr. Edward Cooke, who was also his executor, has, in accordance with his wishes, transferred to St. Dunstan s the whole of Mr. Hughes's estate, which, after payment of death duties and legal costs, amounts to over £20,000, says the "Sunday Dispatch. "He was a man of high principles, and lived a very good life," said a neighbour and friend of Mr. Hughes. His desire to help the blind developed into a passion, and he made many sacrifices in pursuance of his ambition. He lived very simply and saved every peony. He even denied himself such little luxuries as going to the pictures."
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Evening Post, Issue 77, 31 March 1936, Page 3
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157MONEY FOR THE BLIND Evening Post, Issue 77, 31 March 1936, Page 3
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