Alan's house is the actual real life Brailler Wonderland. Anyone looking for a mechanical apprenticeship would be lucky to work with him and carry on this (extremely!) important work. #Braille #WorldBrailleDay www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘We’d be stuck’: alarm as UK’s last braille typewriter repairer ponders retirementAlan Thorpe is Britain’s last certified fixer of the Perkins, a machine vital for teaching blind children to read and writewww.theguardian.com