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Description: | inscription, THIS INSTITVTION
the first Training Ship to be
established under the
Industrial Schools Acts
was founded in the year 1868 by
JAMES HALL J.P. D.L.
of Tynemouth
for the Training of Destitute Boys
with the object of guiding their
lives into channels of usefulness
and uprightness and in the hope
that they would thereby be led
to worthily serve their King
their Country and their God.
A rectangular plaque about the founding of the Wellesley Training Ship and its founder James Hall. The plaque is made of brass on wood. The Wellesley Nautical School was founded in 1868 to help destitute boys by training them up for a career at sea.
Material: metal & brass
Material: wood | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.socialhistory.512293 | Go to resource |
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