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World Service,19 Mar 1996,28 mins

Dr Chad Varah

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Dr Chad Varah, founder of The Samaritans. His work began as a Church of England priest and he vowed to be the person children could turn to. He opened the first branch at St Stephen Walbrook in 1953.

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