St Dunstan’s Aid For Blind Criminal
TAUGHT IN GAOL TO READ BRAILLE MUSIC United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. LONDON, March IS. Twice a week a woman goes to Maidstone Gaol and spends two hours in a cell with a war-blinded criminal who is serving a long sentence. Miss Drury, who is associated with St. Dunstan’s, has taught tho convict to read Braille music, and turns the latest tunes into banjo music, which the convict plays. St. Dunstan’s is helping the couvict’s wife and children, explaining that it must be rather awful to be blind and in prison.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 67, 21 March 1935, Page 7
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97St Dunstan’s Aid For Blind Criminal Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 67, 21 March 1935, Page 7
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