From SouthgateARC, original post here.

ABC in Perth broadcast an interview with Terry Keays, President of the Morsecodians Fraternity of Western Australia.

At the Perth Royal Show some people go looking for the latest gadgets and the newest rides.  The faster, the higher, the more stomach-churning the better!

However some people go to step back in time and one way to do that is by visiting the display for the Morsecodians Fraternity of Western Australia in the heritage area.

Morse code was virtually the text messaging system of its day and a huge number of telegrams were transmitted by Morse before other forms of communication took over.

Terry Keays is President of the Fraternity and is in his mid-80’s.  He trained in Morse code when he worked in the PMG department, starting out in Corrigin.  He has been a familiar face at the Royal Show for many years and chatted to Slim.

Listen to the interview at 
http://blogs.abc.net.au/wa/2016/09/morse-code.html
http://blogs.abc.net.au/files/morse-code—terry-keays-to-air.mp3

Morsecodians Fraternity of Western Australia (Inc.)
http://members.iinet.net.au/~oseagram/mfwahome.html