Welcome to the Granta Grapevine Website

www.grantagrapevine.org.uk

Granta Grapevine is the Talking Newspaper for the village of Linton and the surrounding district in South Cambridgeshire. It is a Registered Charity No. 1013086

The Talking Newspaper is a 90 minute cassette tape distributed free each month to blind and visually impaired people. It comprises a news side based on the editorial content of the Linton News, produced in the village, and a magazine side where general interest items appear.

The first edition produced was for March 1990 and the latest in April 2008 was number 218.

If you are registered blind or partially sighted, or you know someone who is and might like a copy of the tape, please contact us. If you would like to join the production team by reading, helping to record or would like further information about us,
contact the Chairman:-

Mr. Michael Crofts, 8 Rhugarve Gardens, Linton, Cambridge CB21 4LX
Telephone:- 01223 893619
e-mail:- crofts (at) dsl.pipex.com

or the Secretary:-

Tricia Van-Linden, 132 Chalklands, Linton, Cambridge CB21 4JH
Telephone:- 01223 892076

We are also interested to hear from anyone who may like to provide written or recorded material to be included in the magazine side of the tape.
Contact the President and Magazine Editor:-

Mrs. Janet Conochie, 89 Bartlow Road, Linton, Cambridge CB21 4LY
Telephone:- 01223 894460
e-mail:- nanjan (at) talktalk.net

Click here for an mp3 sample from the magazine side

(This is a 7.5Mbyte file, so even with broadband, downloading will take a minute or two)

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Links to organisations supporting Visually Impaired People - VIP's

• National Links
  • Royal National Institute of Blind People
  • Insite Radio from RNIB
  • Action for Blind People
  • The Soundings audio magazine service - closing in March 2008
  • Infosound audio magazine - taking over from Soundings
  • Talking News Federation
  • National Talking Newspapers and Magazines
  • Guide dogs for the Blind
  • British Wireless for the Blind Fund
  • Vocalise - audio described performances
  • Seeing Ear - online books for visually impaired people
  • Portset - Electronic products for visually impaired people
  • Soundaround - Audio magazine for blind and partially sighted people
• Local Links
  • Cam Sight - The Cambridgeshire Society for the Blind and Partially Sighted
  • BDAN - The Bedford Talking Newspaper

The name Granta Grapevine was coined from the river Granta which flows through the village and the local Chilford Hall Vineyard

Organisations who have provided financial support include (in no particular order):-

The Charles and Mary Anderson Benefaction
Linton Women's Institute
Linton Parish Council
Linton Fire Station
Linshare
Sainsbury's
The Shell Company
The Cambridge Evening News
The Alper Charitable Trust based at Chilford Hall

Website by Mike Crofts e-mail:- crofts (at) dsl.pipex.com

© Granta Grapevine 10 April 2008