David Scott Blackhall

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David Scott Blackhall was a radio personality, author and poet. He was born in Cirencester, Gloucestershire on 9th May, 1910 and died on 14th September, 1981 aged 71.

He started to lose his eyesight from his teens, and went entirely blind in his right eye when he was sixteen. His eyesight began to seriously deteriorate in the 50's.

In 1961 his autobiography This House Had Windows was published. David Scott Blackhall Award for services to the blind by BBC's "In Touch" radio programme was named in his honour.

He had three daughters: Anne (b. 1936), Jane (b. 1940) and Susan (b. 1949) and was married to Edna (née Westwood).

Quotes: "It is the Testament of a Christian who is also a Stoic; the Credo of a natural and kindly humorist whose wit has not been blunted by blindness."