Barnardo
Americannoun
noun
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He suffered probably his worst flop in 1980 as creator of the West End musical Barnardo, which aimed to be another Oliver but definitely wasn't.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2018
The museum is housed in three huge canalside buildings, which once formed the largest ragged school in run by Dr Thomas Barnardo.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 27, 2012
The play was called Open Door and dramatized the life of the founder, John Barnardo; Fry toured England with it for two years.
From Time Magazine Archive
She was reminded of pictures published in the interests of Doctor Barnardo's philanthropies,—Dr. Barnardo her favourite hero in real life,—in which wistful little outcasts creep longingly towards brightly lit but otherwise respectable homes.
From The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Among other things, he told me of the great work that was being done there by Dr Barnardo and others of similar spirit, in rescuing waifs like himself from their wretched condition.
From My Doggie and I by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
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