Stick Practice, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields

Boys in protective masks, taking part in stick practice 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 Masks Nautical Northumberland Orphan Orphans Rigging Shields Skills Tyne Tyneside Waifs Wellesley

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