Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view. 

On this week’s show 

“50 years of Blind Citizens Australia Part 1 – David Blyth and Bill Jolley” 

It is June 1975: flares are in fashion; the Captain & Tennille are at number 1 on the charts with “Love will keep us together” and the organisation that will one day be called “Blind Citizens Australia” holds its first convention.   

Lizzie and Sam catch up with two men who were there from the start. David and Bill talk about how and why the then “Blind Citizens Foundation” was formed; the people who helped to shape it; and some of the achievements that have affected all our lives over the last 50 years. 

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Thank you to: David and Bill.  Extra thanks to Deb and the board and staff of BCA for helping to make this possible.   

Learn more about BCA's first 50 years and beyond here: https://www.bca.org.au/bcas-rich-50-year-history/ 

This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/

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