Blind darts player (thanks to the archives at Blind Veterans UK for the image)
A query landed on The Phraser, linked to a piece I wrote seven years ago about an organisation that supports blind veterans.
No, I thought when I read the question. Surely not.
Then I thought again. If I’ve learnt one thing it’s that you should never underestimate an old soldier.
Here’s the query:
In the summer of 2012 I visited Blind Veterans UK. Its story fascinated me…this is what I found.
The logo for Blind Veterans UK
Changing names is never easy. St Dunstan’s has had to move very carefully. Nearly a century old, and trusted by the blind, it shed its name in February to become Blind Veterans UK.
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The ‘in-box’ at the Post Office
(Photograph: Royal Mail courtesy of British Postal Museum & Archive)
Charlie was on active service and his little sister waited for news in Africa. It was 1915 and nearly Christmas.
The letter below was what went into the envelope eventually, and the Post Office then made sure that it arrived where it was meant to.
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