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When he was fourteen years old, Thomas went to work in the office of a wine merchant. He soon gave up this job because, he said, selling drink led to the drunkenness that was all around the city at that time. SAMPLE SLIDE Random Slides From This PowerPoint Show
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While he was studying medicine he became a preacher in the East End of London where the poor lived. He was appalled by what he found there. Hundreds of thousands of people lived in the slums which were the dirtiest and most crowded parts of the city. SAMPLE SLIDE Random Slides From This PowerPoint Show
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He’s wasting his time and his money!
He decided to open a home for boys. Many people thought that his idea was ridiculous. Who does he think he’s going to find to put their hands in their pockets and give enough money to build a home for such boys? He’s wasting his time and his money! The idea’s just not possible. The street urchins will wreck any home in a week! SAMPLE SLIDE Random Slides From This PowerPoint Show
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Dr Barnardo never forgot Carrots, the boy who had been turned out by his mother when he was just seven years old and who had lived on the streets with no one to look after him or love him. SAMPLE SLIDE Dr Barnardo was determined that no child would ever have to sleep on the streets of London again. Random Slides From This PowerPoint Show
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By the time Thomas Barnardo died in 1905, the charity that he’d founded to help destitute children had opened 96 homes which cared for 8,500 children. SAMPLE SLIDE Memorial to Dr Barnardo Random Slides From This PowerPoint Show
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