Deaf people in Bristol have begun a campaign for a new Deaf centre, after their old one was closed down.
A video has just been uploaded by BBC local news, with subtitles and BSL interpretation:
Deaf people in Bristol who are upset because they had to sell their social club building have started a campaign for a new one.
The Centre for Deaf People, a charity, sold its premises to pay off a pension deficit.
Trustee Sandra Smith said deaf people in Bristol “needed a new base”.
Plans for the new centre include recruiting a fundraiser, a book keeper and setting up a website.
The original centre was established in 1962 and became a focal meeting point for Bristol’s deaf community – complete with its own skittle alley.
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Hartmut
February 4, 2016
I visited the centre in the Spring of 1963. I remember it as a newly built facility and was highly impressed.
Now I wonder, why it needed to be closed.
Jean
February 7, 2016
I was heartbroken when the Bristol deaf club closed because I have a lot of good memories from there since it opened when I was small. I was elmfield school pupil from 3 to 16 years old (1956 to 1969) been regularly visited the club for youth club and social till I left Bristol in 1973. I never forget all the good memories with good deaf friends. I am hopefully that there will have new club for Bristol deaf people as they need to keep their community together to follow their generations. It are very important for them. If I still live in Bristol I would involve to support for them. Good luck and keep fighting to end to have their own Bristol deaf club back again.