Monument to Thomas Barnardo at the former Barnardo's home, Barkingside
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Monument to Thomas Barnardo at the former Barnardo's home, Barkingside
Image: © Christopher Hilton Taken: 21 Oct 2011
The Barnardo's home at Barkingside featured cottages (in which girls could live in a family-like environment) around three large greens. On the death of Thomas Barnardo, a memorial statue was erected at the point where the three greens met. Only one of the greens survives now; the cottages on the north side are occupied by Barnardo's administrative staff and those on the south side have been converted to housing for the elderly. At the north-east corner of the surviving green is the children's church, which was paid for by an anonymous donor in memory of her parents and is specifically designed for children (the pews are child-sized and the images in the stained glass are of Bible stories featuring children). The monument here shows Charity at the top, assisting a child, with Thomas Barnardo below her. His ashes, those of family members and those of many grown-up former Barnardo's boys and girls have been scattered here.
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