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Still Game star James Martin opens up about his sight loss


STILL Game star and Royal Navy veteran James Martin has shared his own experiences of living with age-related sight loss in a bid to raise awareness of the support available to veterans with sight loss in Scotland.
The actor, a Musselburgh resident for 34 years, played fan favourite Eric in the much-loved sitcom Still Game and turns 90 in March.
He was diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration – an eye disease which affects central vision and for which there is currently no cure – over a decade ago.
With his deteriorating sight making it difficult for him to recognise faces and read, James got in touch with Sight Scotland Veterans in 2019 after learning of the charity at a veterans event. ....

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Life-changing impact of help to sight-loss veterans revealed in story of James Crook (100) of Aultbea in Wester Ross


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Life-changing impact of help to sight-loss veterans revealed in story of James Crook (100) of Aultbea in Wester Ross
By Hector MacKenzie
Published: 09:00, 20 February 2021
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James Crook (100) with the birthday card from the Queen that he is now able to read thanks to help from the charity.
An Aultbea World War Two veteran with sight loss is regaining his love of reading once more thanks to specialist equipment and support from charity Sight Scotland Veterans.
James Crook has age-related sight loss that had impacted his ability to read independently, but he was recently able to enjoy reading his 100th birthday cards – including his card from the Queen – with use of his new ‘Vario’ video magnifier from Sight Scotland Veterans. ....

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Sight Scotland Veterans help James, 100, enjoy Queen's birthday card


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James Crook was given help by Sight Scotland Veterans to read his 100th birthday card from the Queen.
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A Highland veteran has regained his love of reading – and been able to enjoy his 100th birthday cards – with help from a national charity.
James Crook served in the RAF from 1940 to 1947, working as a rear gunner in the Lancaster Bombers during the Second World War and then as a dispatch rider. ....

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