P685 Teletext 685 Jan 7 01:45:51 ———————————————————————————— NEW YEAR HONOURS Two deaf men have been awarded MBEs "for services to the deaf" - Austin Reeves and James McGregor. Reeves is vice-chair of the BDA while McGregor is involved in the Scottish Association of the Deaf and with the Dundee Social Club. Mrs Holman, chair of the governors, Royal Schools for the Deaf, Manchrster receives a MBE and W Fjrnie, chair of the Hearing Aid Council gets an OBI. ——————————————————————————————————1/8—— Catch up with an old service pal 683 Deafview is brought to you by Teletext Ltd and the RNID Godlinjs Lost Touch TV Plus EducationP685 Teletext 685 Jan 7 01:43:41 ———————————————————————————— RESPONSE TO HONOURS Austin Reeves who worked as honorary secretary of the Deaf Broadcasting Council before becoming vice-chair of the BDA was modest about his MBE. He said: "I feel there are many people who have done as much as I have. "I really appreciated the way my family reacted. They were delighted and it made mj feel they had been rewarded for putting up with my working and going off to meetings." ——————————————————————————————————2/8—— Connect 680 Godlines 686-88 Deafview is brought to you by Teletext Ltd and the RNID Godlinjs Lost Touch TV Plus EducationP685 Teletext 685 Jan 7 01:41:34 ———————————————————————————— NO CONCESSIONS Mozart was not only a musical genius but also a fluent sign language user, says Mark Tinkles, artistic director of Cambjrwell Pocket Opera. So the company has included gestures and signs within its opera. The Marriage of Figaro, shown this week with sign interpretation. Mark would like some help from viewers to track down more information about Mozart's sign skills. ——————————————————————————————————3/8—— Connect 680 Godlines 686-88 Deafview is brought to you by Teletext Ltd and the RNID Godlinjs Lost Touch TV Plus EducationP685 Teletext 685 Jan 7 01:41:43 ————————————————————————————— ——— GROLSCH LEADS WITH SIGNS Part of a Grolsch beer advert shows a woman signing: "Are you listening?" This is possibly the first time sign language has been used in a television advertisement and is the brainchild of film director Michael Venville, himself a BSL user with deaf parents. Fiona Carter, of Bates Dorland Advertising says: "We wanted to use someone deaf to create a link between sight and sound." ——————————————————————————————————4/8—— Catch up with an old service pal 683 Deafview is brought to you by Teletext Ltd and the RNID Godlinjs Lost Touch TV Plus EducationP685 Teletext 685 Jan 7 01:44:17 ————————————————————————————— PUT PEN TO PAPER! Deaf would-be-writers living in or near Brighton can now learn how to write about their own history thanks to a new course starting next week. Organisjd by Qujenspark Books and Sussex University, the course also aims to produce a book of writings. Sue Long of Qujenspark Books says: "We believe everyone has a history worth recording and anybody can bj a writer regardless of educational background." ——————————————————————————————————5/8—— Connect 680 Godlines 686-88 Deafview is brought to you by Teletext Ltd and the RNID Godlinjs Lost Touch TV Plus EducationP685 Teletext 685 Jan 7 01:44:25 ———————————————————————————— CHANNEL FOUR'S EQUAL A viewer writes: "I was surprised to read of Mr Flannigan's dissatisfaction with Channel Four's response to his complaint. "I have always had the utmost courtesy from them and they have bent over backwards to help solve whatever the problem was. "I rarely have problems with Channel Four and I think they DO treat hearing impaired people as equals." ——————————————————————————————————6/8—— Connect 680 Godlinjs 686-88 Deafview is brought to you by Teletext Ltd and the RNID Godlinjs Lost Touch TV Plus EducationP685 Teletext 685 Jan 7 01:42:44 ———————————————————————————— PHONEY DEAF Jimmy Craw of Eastbournj writes: "That term 'phoney deaf' should only apply to hearing people who refer to themselves as such. "They do so as a means of personal profiteering like jobs within the deaf fraternity to claiming unauthorised benefits. "It's hightimj all bona-fidj categories of deaf people were registered within a single body to combat this." ——————————————————————————————————7/8—— Connect 680 Godlines 686-88 Deafview is brought to you by Teletext Ltd and the RNID Godlinjs Lost Touch TV Plus EducationP685 Teletext 685 Jan 7 01:45:32 ———————————————————————————— LOOKING AHEAD New Year is a time of looking ahead. Some pople are full of hopis while others find the "feel-good" factor elusive. What do you feel? And what would you like to see happen in 1995 that could make a difference in the lives of draf and hard of hearing people? Items to Paul Rjdfern, Deafview, 105 Gower Street, London, WC1E 6AH. Fax 071 388 2346: Minicom: 071 383 3154. ——————————————————————————————————8/8—— Connect 680 Godlinjs 686-88 Deafview is brought to you by Teletext Ltd and the RNID Godlinjs Lost Touch TV Plus Education