Born in Dublin, 178 years ago, Thomas John Barnardo (1845-1905 ... whilst working as a superintendent at a ‘ragged school’ where children could get a free, basic education (sources disagree ...

A COUPLE of years ago Barnardo's celebrated 150 years since our founder Dr Thomas Barnardo set up his Ragged School in London. It was his response to being shown the desperate poverty in which ...

The school was opened in 1877 by philanthropist Thomas Barnardo, founder of the children’s charity which still bears his name, and operated until 1907, when the government started to open state ...

Children's charity Barnardo's has produced a report marking 100 years since its founder, Dr Thomas Barnardo, died. Its work has clearly adapted during that century, reflecting changing circumstances ...

The £10,000 statue will be officially unveiled by David Barnardo, Thomas Barnardo's great-great ... John had attended the Hope Place Free School, a ragged school run by Dr Barnardo’s East ...

Have you ever heard of Thomas Barnardo? Do you know what he did and why he is still remembered today? What organisation did he found (start)? Do you know anything about the organisation’s work ...

When Thomas Barnardo was born in Ireland in ... his teachers saw him as a troublemaker. When he was 16, Barnardo failed his school examinations and got a job with a local wine merchant.

If Thomas Barnardo were trying to open a school for poor children today, he wouldn't get homeless urchins begging to sleep on the floor for the night; he would get louts burning the place to the ...

This year, the charity Barnardo’s is commemorating its 150th anniversary and 70 years since its partnership with Wimbledon, when, between 1946 and 1966, it provided all the ball boys for the ...

Once turned into an educational refuge for the East End poor by the heroic Dr Barnardo, surviving the Blitz unlike ... Society is due to have a sleepover here soon – the Ragged School Museum has been ...