p.s. - the Barnardo organisation may have saved many children from destitution, but they did also send young children into virtual slavery, without any protection from abuse, and without the permission of close relatives. Their high-handed approach in those days caused great misery and bitterness for many of their charges.

However, they are now thouroughly modernised (stopped running orphanages 30 years ago) and are no doubt a great force for good. www.barnardos.org.uk, if you want to know more.