I used to pick up all sorts of collarless waifs and strays from our housing estate in Ireland. |
Tavistock Street already has a number of problems which seem to be exacerbated by a policy of housing the waifs and strays of the borough nearby. |
Winter for Kiev's waifs and strays is a cold, bleak daily battle for survival. |
Experts estimate that China has at least 150,000 waifs between the ages of 10 and 15 wandering its streets. |
It will also act as a staging post for medical care and feeding for some of Kiev's 10,000 homeless waifs and strays. |
With the exception of a saintly matron, called Mama Sunshine, who collects waifs and strays, grown-ups are not to be trusted. |