Gymnastics Class, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields

Boys taking part in a gymnastics class on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland. In 1868, James Hall and other local businessmen set up a charity to provide shelter for Tyneside waifs and train young men for naval service. Their base from 1874 was the Wellesley until a fire in 1914 forced the institution ashore to become the Wellesley Nautical School

Businessmen Charitable Gymnastics Nautical Northumberland Orphan Orphans Shields Skills Tyne Tyneside Waifs Wellesley

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