Philip MorrellVoyages Jules Verne and Magna Carta Steamship CompanyPhilip Morrell was only five years old when he was found wandering the streets of London without any shoes. It was 1950, and Philip and his half-sister, June, were scavenging for food from the local fish and chip shop or fruit and veg market. They shared a single bed in the family’s small basement flat, sleeping under an old army overcoat. “My mother was out all the time and I was more or less abandoned,” recalls Philip, who was born after a liaison between his mother, Ivy, and a man she met in a pub. Suffering from depression, Ivy signed him over to Doctor Barnardo’s Homes, later renamed Barnardo’s.

Source: The Times April 06, 2019 23:06 UTC