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wife with young children continued to attend the Warwick Row
Rehabilitation Centre in the City of Westminster. The charge for
attendance is 3s. Od. per day plus the cost of travelling expenses,
the cost to the London Borough of Bromley being £63 for the year.
Kent Association for the Blind
89. This Association, through its many services, continued to give
excellent support to the blind and partially sighted. Their all-yearround
sales service of goods made by blind and partially sighted
persons is of particular value. A number of blind and partially
sighted persons, either individually or in groups, took their annual
holiday at Merrell House Holiday Home for the Blind at Cliftonville.
A nominal grant of £10 per annum was made to the Association
by the London Borough of Bromley. A list of Clubs for
the Blind affiliated to the Kent Association for the Blind was given
in last year's Annual Report.
Social Activities
90. During Easter week a party of blind persons enjoyed a group
holiday at Merrell House, the Holiday Home for the Blind at
Cliftonville, although the weather was appalling. A social welfare
officer, assisted by a trainee welfare officer, accompanied the group.
In the summer of 1966 the individual Clubs for the Blind organised
day outings to the seaside for their members. Other social outlets
through the clubs included participating in the Annual Church
Service for the blind of Kent at Margate and the dominoes, cribbage
and quiz competitions. The church service and the competitions
are arranged by the Kent Association for the Blind.
91. In September an experimental course in pottery for blind
persons was commenced. Weekly classes were held at the Raglan
Road School for Boys, Bromley, on Wednesday evenings. The
course proved to be very popular and was extended to cover the
winter months.
92. On the 12th October parties of blind and partially sighted
people from Bromley, Chislehurst, Beckenham, Penge and
Orpington attended Kent Association for the Blind's Annual Exhibition
and Sale of Work. For the first time, blind and partially
sighted persons in the London Borough of Bromley combined with
the physically handicapped in providing articles for sale at the
Combined Charities Fair held at the Congregational Church,
Bromley, on the 22nd October. At the end of November another
joint enterprise was a Sale of Work held for the Council's staff in the
Staff Room at Bromley Town Hall. During December most of the
elderly blind and partially sighted had an opportunity of attending
one or more of the Christmas parties held.
93. On the 18th January members of the local clubs for the blind
were the guests of Kent Association for the Blind at the New Year