It is a matter of finding the parent company, possible Carlton, I can recall
some years back when I wanted videos of my mum as she appeared in both a
news item, and one of ITV's link programmes, I referred to Central in Alpha
House at first (the building shares prominence with "old joe" as the third
highest in Brum) because I recall me an my brother getting very drunk in the
hospitality suite during the recording of that, I think that made me cynical
about disability programming ever since. Anyway at the time they refered me
on to Carlton and I had to pay for it, but they did have VHS copies, and I
am talking about transmissions during the 90's so you should be able to find
what you want.
I do recall Central Weekend as a general punch and judy knockabout with
several stock characters in the "commedia del arte" who appeared every so
often, and I do recall Bob Findlay's appearance. My mum was in the audience
once, but she never got the limelight.
Larry
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>
> Mark
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> From: Linda Laurie [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Subject: Re: Research - The role of charity as a safety net for the
welfare state
>
> I am doing some research into the way that charities have become a safety
> net for gaps in public services. I want to get together information about
> historical examples of charities raising funds for equipment, etc. which
> should be
> funded by the NHS. I am particularly interested in how charities have used
> images of Disability in funding appeals, in order that I can assess
whether
> and how
> the images of us as Disabled People used by charities have changed. I have
> come across something called 'The Snowdrop Appeal'.
>
> The Snowdrop Appeal was sponsored by the Birmingham Evening Mail Newspaper
> (now called the Birmingham Mail) in or around 1990. My understanding is
> that the campaign arose as a result of the Birmingham Children's Hospital
> wanting to purchase a scanner which would enable staff to identify early
in
> a pregnancy, whether or not a foetus was likely to result in the birth of
a
> child with an impairment or "defect". This would (it was claimed) enable
> the hospital to arrange abortions at a stage where there would be less
risk
> to the mother.
>
> The emphasis of the campaign was, so I am told, that mother's could be
> informed of the risks at an early stage, enabling them to make an
informed
> choice as to whether or not to pursue the pregnancy to full term. In
> reality however the imagery and language around the campaign was, it is
> alleged, highly negative and prejudicial, using the "tragedy" of
impairment
> to raise funds and contrasting this with the "purity" of snowdrops in
order
> to maximise income for the appeal.
>
> Besides coverage in the Birmingham Evening Mail (which I gather was in
the
> main understandably favourable towards the appeal) there was some other
> local media coverage involving Disabled critics of the appeal. One such
> example was an edition of the program called "Central Weekend". This was
a
> 'knockabout' live TV program with a studio audience which was shown on
> Friday evenings on regional commercial television.
>
> I understand that Mike Higgins (my partner) together with Bob Findlay and
> possibly Richard Wood may have been on the panel advocating the position
of
> the Disabled People's Movement. Extensive (unfunded) research via the
> Internet and with some friends who collect such material has born no
fruit.
>
> I wondered whether or not you may be able to circulate a request via the
> list or any other networks you may have, to help me locate either a
VHS/DVD
> of the relevant Central Weekend program or (failing that) some other
> coverage of the Snowdrop Appeal.
>
> Many thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide.
>
> Linda Laurie.
>
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