[ebooktalk] Re: Introduction.
- From: Ian Macrae <ian.macrae1@xxxxxxx>
- To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:05:06 +0100
OK, here's my potted biog.
I was born in gateshead, the oldest blind child of blind parents. I went to
the school we all knew as Benwell Dean which was where my Mam had been educated
and then to RNC rowton Castle just outside Shrewsbury which was where I met and
later became friends with our estimable list founder. Having trained as a
teacher in Buckinghamshire I failed to get a classroom job but ended up working
in a community education project on tyneside. My freelance broadcasting career
started with occasional contributions to In touch and then lead to to local
radio and TV presenting. After 12 years as a freelance I moved to london to
take up a producer's job with BBC TVs Disability Programmes Unit where I
eventually became the Editor.
In 2007, following spells back in network radio production and other less
glamorous areas of the beeb, I became Editor of the magazine Disability Now,
which is now no longer a print publication but a thriving, vibrant and dynamic
website. I live in Ealing West London with my wife Sarah and our two children.
I have another older daughter from a previous relationship. Like elaine, I've
met, interviewed and known many varied kinds of author over the years from
Joseph Heller to Barbara Taylor Bradford. My favourite of all was the lovely
Alan Plater.
On 25 Apr 2013, at 17:58, CJ & AA MAY wrote:
> I am sorry. I never thought to introduce myself as I hadn't realised there
> were so many people unknown to me. So, in brief:
> I am Alison May and retired two years ago after 27 years as a Rehab. Worker
> and Team Leader with Kent Association for the Blind.
> I am celelbrating my 30th wedding anniversary this July with Chris, who took
> Voluntary Early Release from the Ministry of Defence Police last December.
> I attended a sighted primary school and a partially sighted junior school
> before going to Linden Lodge when I was 10 following being registered as
> blind. I then trained as a braille shorthand typist at RNIB Pembridge Place
> before working for various companies in a secretarial capacity. , one of
> which being for Social Services, which lead to me being employed as a
> Technical Officer for the Visually Impaired. .
> And that's it, in a nutshell.
> Alison
> I attende
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Clare Gailans
> Sent: 25 April 2013 14:26
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> Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: Introduction.
>
> Hello Elaine,
> Lovely to see you here. I don't think you had quite made it onto the list
> when I told you I was Clare Jakob in Chorleywood days. I have heard about
> you on and off over the years from Sue Sharp. I am married to Voldi for
> almost 32 years (he is also on this list) and we live near Romford in Essex
> and have two girls in their twenties, Geraldine and Natalie. Voldi is
> retired and I work rather sporadically at music, mostly teaching braille
> music and singing. I like all sorts of books but mostly read 20th Century
> fiction, biography and social history, and music-related stuff. Nice to see
> Alison here from the Worms list too. Clare
>
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