Item BVUK/MEM/1/1/4 - St Dunstan's Review No 2

Note: there is a copy of this as part of bound volume BVUK/MEM/1/1/1 (without cover) and a loose copy (with cover)

Contents Page

Editorial Note ... 3

Appeal to the Old Boys ... 3

• An appeal to men who have already left St Dunstan's to write in letters of encouragement.

Some Notes by the Chief ... 4

• Miss Davidson leaves her position as Matron of St Dunstan's
• Miss Hughes, the new matron, leaves a good impression with the men
• Pte J.R. Brown is married on the 15th
• Gunner G. Rose is married on the 11th

Field Marshal Lord French: Visit and Inspection ... 5

• St Dunstan's is visited by Lord French

St. Dunstan's Gossip ... 6

• Arthur Pearson is awarded a baronetcy by the King
• Some talk of an upcoming rowing competition
• Gunner Edward Bates is married to Miss Coales of the N.I.B. 8th June.
• Bates, Kirby, Law, Milligan, Mayell, Sewell, Woods and Woollen pass their final massage examinations.

Workshop Gossip....9

• Some updates about Neil MacDonald and Camille Verbrugghe, and the joinery department and mat makers.

After Care Notes .. 10

• 112 men have left St Dunstan's, 86 of which have finished their training and are now working in their chosen occupations.
• Some extracts of letters from men who have left

Qualities. By Laphell ... 13

• Extract written in a colloquial manner with lots of spelling mistakes.

Massage by Blinded Soldiers ... 14

• Talks about the soldiers involvement with massage, and their successes

Notes of the Braille Room ... 15

• Conlan, Bates, Letch, Woollen, Miller, Kirby, Harper, Lathom, Allan, and Stanners pass their Braille reading test.
• Hudson, Harper, Girling, Conlan, Strawbridge, Sergt. Nolan, Stanners, Hicks, Yates, and Sergt Lomas pass their Typewriting test.

Waltzing Competition ... 16

• Sergt. Shields and his partner win first place in a waltzing competition.

St. Dunstan's Men at Finsbury Town Hall ... 16
-Dinner is held at Finsbury Town Hall

Mrs. Turnbull's Lecture ... 18
-Elaborates on a lecture given by Mrs Turnbull at the Athenaeum in Muswell Hill.

Short Period in a Soldiers Life. By a Soldier....19
-A solider looks back on his time at war

On going to Bed at St Dunstan's. By R. K. Huskinson ... 21

• Talks about soldiers who 'go to bed' too early, possibly to get out of doing other things, such as Braille.

Tom alters his mind. By William Girling ... 23

• A story about a soldier mentally adjusting to his loss of sight, and moving to "St. Olives Home for Blind Soliders" (St Dunstan's).

The Metropolitan Peregrinations of a Sightless Pilgrim. By "Phil" ... 26
-A soldier recounts his "adventures" in London since losing his sight, calling them "laughable incidents"

Our Day up the River ... 30
-St Dunstan's takes a trip to Richmond via Seven motor omnibuses

A Lay of St. Dunstan's. by Laphell ... 31

• A poem by Laphell about St Dunstan's

St. Dunstan's Debating Society ... 32

• Concerning the outcome of the Thursday Evening debate
• The debate focussed on the morst necessary quality to the success of the blind man (ambition)

Newcomers in June ... Cover
Boys who left in June ... Cover