Page 18 - The Local Eye - Issue 130 August 2016

We are a local charity

We are a local charity
supporting blind and partially

supporting blind and partially
sighted people to remain

sighted people to remain
independent within the

independent within the
community

community

18 Sight loss can happen to anyone,

Sight loss can happen to anyone,
We are a local charity
at any age, at any time
at any age, at any time
supporting blind and partially
We are a local charity

There are about 2 million people living with sight loss in the UK Have your

sighted people to remain
supporting blind and partially
There are about 2 million people living with sight loss in the UK cushions
An estimated 6,500 live within the borough of Bournemouth

independent within the
sighted people to remain
An estimated 6,500 live within the borough of Bournemouth lost their

community
Our services include a Sight & Hearing Resource Centre, Oomph?
independent within the

Our services include a Sight & Hearing Resource Centre,
community echnology Tuition,
Emotional Support, Assistive T

Emotional Support, Assistive Technology Tuition,

Visual Awareness Training, Befriending, Daily Activities,
Sight loss can happen to anyone,

Visual Awareness Training, Befriending, Daily Activities,

Archery & Walking Groups
Sight loss can happen to anyone,
at any age, at any time
Archery & Walking Groups
at any age, at any time

There are about 2 million people living with sight loss in the UK

An estimated 6,500 live within the borough of Bournemouth
There are about 2 million people living with sight loss in the UK
As a small self-funding charity, we rely on fundraising

As a small self-funding charity, we rely on fundraising
An estimated 6,500 live within the borough of Bournemouth
to support our services.
Our services include a Sight & Hearing Resource Centre,
to support our services.

Why not join us for one of these events
Emotional Support, Assistive Technology Tuition,
Our services include a Sight & Hearing Resource Centre,
Why not join us for one of these events
during the summer months:
Visual Awareness Training, Befriending, Daily Activities,
Emotional Support, Assistive Technology Tuition,
during the summer months:

Archery & Walking Groups
Visual Awareness Training, Befriending, Daily Activities,

Saturday 18th June - Quiz Night
Saturday 18th June - Quiz Night
Archery & Walking Groups
(7.30pm - £9 includes Fish & Chips supper)
(7.30pm - £9 includes Fish & Chips supper)

Saturday 2nd July - ‘Joy Filled Summer’s Evening’
As a small self-funding charity, we rely on fundraising

Saturday 2nd July - ‘Joy Filled Summer’s Evening’
to support our services.
A Concert by Wessex Chorus
As a small self-funding charity, we rely on fundraising
A Concert by Wessex Chorus
Why not join us for one of these events
(7.30pm - £5. Refreshments on sale during interval)
to support our services.
during the summer months:
(7.30pm - £5. Refreshments on sale during interval)
Why not join us for one of these events

during the summer months:
Saturday 27th August - Summer Dance
Saturday 18th June - Quiz Night
Saturday 27th August - Summer Dance

(7.30pm - £10 includes Food)
(7.30pm - £9 includes Fish & Chips supper)
Saturday 18th June - Quiz Night
(7.30pm - £10 includes Food)

(7.30pm - £9 includes Fish & Chips supper)
Call us on 01202 546644
Saturday 2nd July - ‘Joy Filled Summer’s Evening’
Call us on 01202 546644

for more information or to buy tickets
A Concert by Wessex Chorus
for more information or to buy tickets
Saturday 2nd July - ‘Joy Filled Summer’s Evening’
(7.30pm - £5. Refreshments on sale during interval)
A Concert by Wessex Chorus
5 Victoria Park Road, Bournemouth Dorset BH9 2RB

(7.30pm - £5. Refreshments on sale during interval)
5 Victoria Park Road, Bournemouth Dorset BH9 2RB
Saturday 27th August - Summer Dance
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(7.30pm - £10 includes Food)
Saturday 27th August - Summer Dance

I stopped at a friend’s house the other day and found him
(7.30pm - £10 includes Food)
stalking around with a fl y-swatter. When I asked if he was getting
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any fl ies, he answered: ‘Yeah, three males and two females.’
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Curious, I asked how he could tell the diff erence. He said: ‘Three
were on a beer can and two were on the phone.’
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When NASA started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered
5 Victoria Park Road, Bournemouth Dorset BH9 2RB
that ballpoint pens would not work at zero gravity.
To combat the problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and
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5 Victoria Park Road, Bournemouth Dorset BH9 2RB
$12 million developing a pen that wrote at zero gravity, upside
down, underwater, on almost any surface including glass and at
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temperatures ranging from below freezing to 300C.
The Russians used a pencil.
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