The Anna Scher Theatre, which started as a drama club in 1968, was created to help get children off the streets. Soon, there were classes of more than 70, some as young as six paying 10p a session.
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Teacher Charles Sharpe, who has died aged 75, never forgot his native Dundee
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Charles Sharpe, who has died aged 75, left Dundee in 1957 aged 12 but remained a passionate advocate for the city throughout his life.
He founded the website leavingdundee.blogsport.com in which he shared memories, photographs and drawings of his early life.
A drawing of Frankie Davies cafe in Dundee by Jackie Sharpe.
Charles spent his career in teaching in England and also founded an online publication goodenoughcaring.com for dealing with matters relating to parenting, foster parenting, residential child care and youth support..