Woodford Bridge, Dr Barnardo's, Gwynne House 1921
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Memories of Woodford Bridge, Dr Barnardo's, Gwynne House 1921

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My Grandfather spent some time here in the early 1900s as a Barnardos boy put in care from Highbury via Dr Barnardos in Mile End in London, he stayed here until he was old enough to be moved on to a naval college in Norfolk in order to train for the Royal Navy. He had a hard childhood. When he went up to Norfolk he got so hungry he had to eat raw swedes and turnips growing in the fields. In order ...see more