On January 22 some members of the Wilton Group spent a very enjoyable evening at the Brewhouse Theatre watching the Pantomime Pinocchio.

At the Group meeting on February 12, members were given a very enlightening talk by Mrs Olwen Lindley on Dyslexia.

The number of calls to the help line is between 250-300 a year, with adults making up 150-200 of that number a year and increasing. Dyslexia was not widely recognised until 1982, when the Dyslexia Association was set up.

Dyslexia is best described as a combination of abilities and difficulties that affect the learning process in one or more of reading, spelling, numeracy and writing.

Dyslexia affects 10% of the population. Mrs Lindley went on to explain people will say they have lost their glasses, or mouth words to songs to cover up.

The dyslexia association now have a card that people can hand to people in shops or banks to explain and ask for their help.

Dyslexia causes difficulty putting months in order, counting, and also with concentration, and behaviour. People with this are intuitive, lateral thinkers and creative and artistic.

Albert Einstein and Winston Churchill had Dyslexia. Their success did not happen in spite of dyslexia but because of it. Mrs Lindley was thanked for such an interesting talk. The next meeting is on February 26 at 7pm