Pirate radio pioneers
The UK radio industry owes an awful lot to the pirate radio pioneers of the 1960’s sitting in rusty ships and forts off the coast of the UK – They changed the face of broadcasting.
Read MoreLady Clementine Churchill raises money
This year’s appeal is made by Lady Clementine Churchill.
Read MoreSir Ernest Beachcroft Beckwith Towse dies
21st June 1948 Our founder Sir Ernest Beachcroft Beckwith Towse VC, KCVO, CBE dies.
Read MoreWar Time Spirit
With WW2 raging we decide against holding a fundraising Xmas appeal and instead ask people to “be kind” to their neighbours.
Read MoreKing George V talks about the importance of radios for the blind.
HM King George V delivers his first ever recorded message to the Empire and talks about the importance of radio for the blind. He presents a signed etched 78 vinyl copy to our founder Sir Ernest.
Read MoreBWBF was permitted to broadcast on Christmas day 1929
Many charities used the radio as a medium to broadcast appeals but only BWBF was permitted to broadcast on Christmas Day, beginning in 1929 with an appeal by Winston Churchill. By 1931, £37,000 had been raised and 17,000 radio sets provided to blind listeners through the fund.
Read MoreBritish Wireless for the Blind Fund was set up in 1928
British Wireless for the Blind Fund was set up in 1928 by Sir Ernest Beachcroft Beckwith Towse VC, KCVO, CBE, a blinded Boer War veteran. After serving in the First World War as a staff officer working with the wounded in hospitals in France, he turned his energies to the service of the blind community.
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