Manchester Deaf Club / BDA Launch II
U-Matic S video cassette Colour Silent 22 February 1984 22:20
Summary: Dorothy Miles gives a speech on her memories of attending school at Manchester and the importance of her work preserving Deaf stories through video. Terry Riley gives a Medal of Honour to a longstanding member of the Manchester Deaf community
Title number: 19105
LSA ID: LSA/22268
Description: A Christmas event is being filmed at Manchester Deaf Centre where Dorothy Miles, a guest of honour, has been invited to give a speech where she talks on her memories of Manchester. She sees the city as home because of her childhood at the Deaf school in Trafford. She also talks on the importance of filming and preserving Deaf stories & memories, encouraging people/Deaf clubs to film more rather than just take photos since the former captures our visual language better.
Members of the Manchester Deaf community also appears & talks to the general audience, including Terry Riley who gives out a Medal of Honour to someone who has been actively involved in the Manchester Deaf Centre & local sports/community events for over 70 years. (I didn't quite catch the name - William C... something)
Dorothy (Dot) Miles - famous Deaf poet and her work has contributed to the understanding/appreciation of Deaf culture, language & heritage. She is on-screen from 0:00 - 8:33
Dr Terrence (Terry) Riley - prominent figure of Manchester and national Deaf community, he was continuously involved with the BDA/ advocacy work & longstanding staff member of SeeHear (&CEO) of BSLBT (BSL Broadcasting Trust). He is on-screen from 09:14-19:00
Teddy Webb? - 8:36-9:05 - he was a key member of the MDC and their leadership team. Like Terry Riley, he jhas a room named after him in the Mcr Deaf Centre
Further information: Manchester Deaf Centre, Crawford House
Keywords: Deaf Deafness; BSL
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