Shoemaking Class, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields

Boys taking part in a shoemaking or repairing 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 Cobblers Cobbling Footwear Nautical Northumberland Orphan Orphans Practical Repairing Shields Shoemaking Skills Supervisor Tyne Tyneside Waifs Wellesley

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