FOOTPATH SOUNDS
BLIND MAN HEARS WAY ABOUT Jim Egan, of Peppercroft Road. Gravesend, is blind and armless. He goer, for long walks, through busy streets and country lanes, and never takes a wrong turning. Jim Egan always knows where lie is, because he counts every step he takes, and with the aid of steel strips under his boots knows the sound of every pavement. “Every pavement has a different sound.” lie said to a “Sunday Express" representative. "I can also tell whether a lorry or a bus is coining along the street. My greatest enemies are snow and wind. Snow deadens sound and wind blows it away. “If 1 call anywhere I remember how many steps I took on the way and retrace them. I can tell you how many steps it takes to get to any point in (Iravescnd.” .Jim lost both sight and arms in a gunpowder explosion at. Cliffe, his li 01110, ten miles from Gravesend. He is now 56.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 19 February 1937, Page 2
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