Ted O'Dwyer sadly left this world in December 2009. He was a much loved man who had many friends at TAFN, and we would like to extend our sincerest condolences to all of his family and friends.
Read the Tribute to Ted by Stanley Hamilton, which was read at his remembrance service.
Please feel free to sign our online condolences book.
A minutes silence was observed for Ted at the TAFN Christmas Party. And a special tribute night to Ted was organised by the volunteers at TAFN Radio in late January. Details on request.
Ted's funeral was on Tuesday 9th February 2010 at London Cemetary & Crematorium. Click here to visit our photo gallery, featuring photo's from the service.
Listen to RUPEES AND RICKSHAWS,
a TAFN interview with Ted by Steve Pallett from 2009 about Ted's very special trip to
India, Singapore and Malaysia. Duration 1' h 32min, MP3 format
(Please be aware that you
will hear Ted's voice in this recording).
The following are all links to tracks on YouTube.
Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance No. 1 was played at the introduction to his funeral service.
Ray Charles's Take These Chains from my Heart was played at the outro.
One of Ted's favourite music tracks, was "I'm just a baby" by Louise Cordet.
(Please contact us if you would like add a track of your own to this list.)
Ted was very much involved with a dance group for blind & V I people called Monday Moves, held at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London. Click here to find out more about Monday Moves.
Thanks to Dolly for sending us the Tribute to Ted by Stanley Hamilton, via e-mail.
More information will be added here in the future. In the meantime thank you for visiting this page!
Independent home support, training and social activities via the internet run by and for, blind and V I people and their partners. Registered charity number 1108043.
Please Email us or call our Helpline, on 0845 838 2369. Our volunteers will be pleased to meet and assist you.
TAFN has a regular & busy schedule of entertainment events via our screen reader-friendly audio server.
This includes music, quizzes, talk programmes, computer training and more. Many events are in high quality stereo. We're run entirely by volunteers and always looking for more help. Please contact us via this link if you have any enquiries.
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