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‘I was always rebelling against the system’,
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Cooking,
Typing,
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Merging past and future, fact and fiction with the help of a drama chap with an interesting suitcase, pupils at St Vincent’s are making a digital game based on the life of Edward Rushton.
As troops moved in and out of Liverpool during the Second World War, a gold bust of Blind School founder Edward Rushton disappeared.
Trade unionist and political activist described as ‘the most cheerful man in the Labour movement’.
An exhibition explores the impact of arts and crafts on the lives of members of Blind Veterans UK
During the 18th century common diseases like small-pox, measles and whooping cough were all causes of blindness, as well as ‘Egyptian ophthalmia’ which hospitalised whole regiments of English and French troops.
Images of the School for the Blind in Liverpool through time, from the archives of National Museums Liverpool.
Basket-weaving: the beautiful product of skilled labour valued by the well off, or low status work for disabled people, replacing an education? Esther Fox discusses how, at different times, it has been both.
Beth Astridge, History of Place Archivist, and I visit the Royal School for the Blind for a first look at the archives.
Unsung is a play telling the story of Edward Rushton, founder of the Royal School for the Indignant Blind. It aims to make the story of this forgotten hero, who also opposed slavery, better known.