Second, I have bought a small 1950s papier conch shell mache collection box for 5. It is in the sha

I have been binge buying this week…from Barnardos. First in the Barnardos shop in Abergavenny, there was, for 3.71, a brand new DVD of The Sound Of Music with, get this, sing-a-long conch shell features! I was delighted. Partly because I want to sing along, but also, because the lyrics are sometimes random and I have always wanted confirmation of them. “Um, let’s see…” as Maria herself says…..”like a lark who is learning to pray” and “how do you keep a wave upon the sands” which I thought for years was “how do you keep away the pondersanze”. I imagined pondersanze was an emotion like despondancy So, thank goodness for the sing-along version with the words appearing at the bottom of the screen.
Second, I have bought a small 1950s papier conch shell mache collection box for 5. It is in the shape of a cottage, beautifully painted, with ‘Dr Barnardos’ printed across the roof. The charity closed its last childrens’ home in 1981; somehow this cottage is a symbol of all Barnardos has achieved, and how it moves with the times to respond to the differing needs of today’s children and young people.
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