03 March 2007

BSL Act now!

BSL activists marched through the town of Bradford among Bradford Deaf Forum and FDP to fight for BSL Act in September 2003. I picked best photographs.







5 comments:

JGJones said...

It's always fantastic to see photo's from those times. Got more?

Cheers

Anonymous said...

Hey Ashton, been meaning to comment on your blog for a while! Great to read it :-D

Also fab to see those photos. I recognised that massive, long banner, as it was made after BSL was recognised in 2003. I hadn't realised that there were any marches to demand a BSL Act, apart from the London one in July 2003! Maybe I'm getting old?! Anyway, that's so cool. Wonder why there weren't any others, or did I miss something?

That is cool. We need more marches!

Jen x

Ashton Jean-Pierre said...

Sure jgj, I will put more photos for you later! Plus other photos of Recognise BSL now march in Bradford in 2001.

Jen, you are always welcome to comment.. I don't bite you! My teeth is not strong enough!

There were only 40 marchers includes 10 UCLAN students that time as other were confused over meaning of government recognised BSL as a language, not an official. Also we had 2 different marches in 2 years in same place. Should be Leeds or Sheffield something like that.

At the moment, Bradford Deaf Forum are focusing on Deaf education

Anonymous said...

40 marchers is good! That's 40 more than there were anywhere else ;o)

Jen x

Anonymous said...

Good for people to know.