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Scotland / Re: was there any support for blind people?
« on: Sunday 05 August 12 10:13 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the link. Yes, he was in the Blind School at Craigmillar. He was taken in in 1877 with his blind brother when he was 3 1/2. I have contacted the Royal blind school and they told me that they have a note in the admissions book that he was taken in under the normal age of entry (5) as the Board in Peebles agreed to pay towards nurses attendance.
I understand how the Blind Society helped with training etc but I wondered what, if any, connections they would have had to make my Grandfather move to Alloa and then to Dumbartonshire. It's not as if these moves are just to the next parish.
I understand how the Blind Society helped with training etc but I wondered what, if any, connections they would have had to make my Grandfather move to Alloa and then to Dumbartonshire. It's not as if these moves are just to the next parish.