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Article: Guide dog gives veteran new life.(News)
- Article from:
- South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- October 31, 2002
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Byline: Jessica Flynn
DUNKIRK veteran Bill Hirst spent years driving VIPs like Edward Heath and King Hussein of Jordan about on Government business but now puppy love helps him roam at will.
Fifteen years after Bill, an 86-year-old former chauffeur from the Rhondda, retired, he started to lose his sight.
He could only get about with the help of his wife Maria and a white stick.
That was until the Guide Dogs for the Blind ...