JOHN ARLOTT
Sir.-I have read with interest your admirable article on John Arlott, with which I entirely agree. In this connection the following incident will, I think, be of interest to our blind people. At the end of one of the Test Match series. two or three years ago, there were some short speeches, one by John Arlott. in which he said that he had had some severe criticism of his remarks in a humofous vein on the personalities of the players. but he explained that , he had done this because he had alwavs had in mind the large number of blind listeners, and he wished to help them to visualise the scene in their minds. I sent him a note thanking him on behalf of these listeners, and telling him that I could speek on their behalf as a blind listener who had had .40 years’ experience of blind welfare work in England. I received a charming letter from Mr. Arlott telling me that he had been greatly cheered by this letter. and would always keep it by him. It is the he-an tench ed the clear commentary which makes him so deservedly popu.
lar.
C. E.
BOLAM
‘Auckland).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 741, 25 September 1953, Page 5
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