Skills Collection (page 7)

Sea Scouts receiving sailing instruction from Eric Evans, Master of RSS Discovery. circa 1950

Sea Scouts signal lamp training
Sea Scouts undergoing signal lamp training. circa 1944

Sea Scouts receiving training on RSS Discovery
Senior Sea Scouts receiving training in rope splicing on RSS Discovery. circa 1950s

Senior Sea Scouts training course, London
Senior Sea Scouts of Greater London attending a training course. Showing a boy walking the rope bridge. 13-15 May 1966

Sea Scouts receiving instruction in a field. circa 1920s

Sea Scouts undergoing training, Poole
Sea Scouts undergoing training on board the Margaret Leigh Guard Ship, Poole. October 1933

School of carpet making, Algiers
Children employed at Madame Delfaus school of carpet making at 84 Boulevard Valee, Algiers, Algeria, North Africa. Date: 20th century

Poster: Simple jobs that girls can do to help win the war. 1940s

Two young men thatching a cottage
Two young men at work, thatching a cottage, somewhere in the West Country. Date: 1970s

Boys in training, physical drill, Shotley Barracks, WW1
Boys in training, doing physical drill in a field before breakfast at Shotley Barracks during the First World War. They are naval cadets attached to HMS Ganges, a Royal Navy training ship

Elderly Native American women weaving baskets Date: 1909

Maori Woodcarving
Westernised schoolboy descendents of Maori tribes are taught the woodcarving skills of their forefathers, at a school in New Zealand. Date: 1940s

Learning to Drive by Mallet
Tck, Tck! First gear once again, Mrs Turner and this time see if you can t drive RIGHT round the bend. A nervous learner driver has difficulty mastering the most basic of motoring skills. Date: 1953

Boys in training on battery work, Shotley Barracks, WW1
Boys in training on six inch battery work at Shotley Barracks during the First World War. They are naval cadets attached to HMS Ganges, a Royal Navy training ship. Date: 1914-1918

Boys in training, oarsmanship, Shotley Barracks, WW1
Boys in training, receiving their first lesson in oarsmanship at Shotley Barracks during the First World War. They are naval cadets attached to HMS Ganges, a Royal Navy training ship. Date: 1914-1918

Craftsman at a cabinet makers, Shoreditch, London
An old craftsman finishes off a drawer with a plane, at a Shoreditch cabinet makers. 1940s

Lacemakers outside their home, Bruges, Belgium
Two elderly women making lace on the pavement outside their home in Bruges (Brugge), Belgium. Date: circa 1920

Carving a block, Dinorwig Slate Quarry, North Wales
A pattern maker carving a block in the machine shop at Dinorwig (or Dinorwic) Slate Quarry, near Llanberis, North Wales. The gear wheel is a wooden pattern to be cast later in the foundry

Two quarrymen, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales
Two quarrymen, one young, one older, at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales

Mat and cone making, NIPRCC East Harling, Norfolk
Mat and cone making at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control

Spinning flax, Inebriates Reformatory, Guiltcross, Norfolk
Inmates spinning flax at the Eastern Counties or East Harling Inebriates Reformatory, Norfolk. Housed in the former Guiltcross Union workhouse

Shoe mending class, NIPRCC East Harling, Norfolk
Boys in a shoe mending class at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control

Engineers shop, NIPRCC East Harling, Norfolk
Scene in the engineers shop at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control

Boot workshop, NIPRCC, East Harling, Norfolk
Boot-making workshop at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control

Young girls ironing in laundry room, Surrey
A group of young girls ironing with flat irons in a laundry room, on a card posted from Thornton Heath, Surrey. Its not clear if the girls are being employed, or are inmates of an institution

Tailoring class, NIPRCC East Harling, Norfolk
Boys taking part in a tailoring class at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control

Carpenters yard, NIPRCC East Harling, Norfolk
Boys making beehives in the carpenters yard at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control

Cookery lesson, Askham Grange Prison, North Yorkshire
Inmates at Askham Grange female training prison in North Yorkshire take part in a cookery lesson. The instructor has written a recipe for scones on the blackboard. Date: circa 1945

Bakery, Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West London
Scene in the bakery at Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West London. Prisoners are making bread under the supervision of the prison cook who wears a chefs overalls and hat

Boys in training at a Borstal institution
Boys in training in a carpenters workshop at an unidentified Borstal institution

Printing Office at Barnardos Home, Stepney Causeway
Printing office at Barnardos Home, Stepney Causeway, East London. In 1870, Thomas Barnardo set up a home for destitute boys at 18-26 Stepney Causeway

Brushmakers Shop at Barnardos Home, Stepney Causeway
Brushmakers shop at Barnardos Home, Stepney Causeway, East London. In 1870, Thomas Barnardo set up a home for destitute boys at 18-26 Stepney Causeway

Dr Thomas John Barnardo
Portrait of Dr Thomas John Barnardo (1845-1905). In 1867, Barnardo set up a Ragged School for poor children in Londons East End, followed in 1870 by a home for boys at 18-26 Stepney Causeway

Blacksmiths Shop at Barnardos Home, Stepney Causeway
Blacksmiths shop at Barnardos Home, Stepney Causeway, East London. In 1870, Thomas Barnardo set up a home for destitute boys at 18-26 Stepney Causeway

Bootmakers Shop at Barnardos Home, Stepney Causeway
Bootmakers shop at Barnardos Home, Stepney Causeway, East London. In 1870, Thomas Barnardo set up a home for destitute boys at 18-26 Stepney Causeway

Ironing Room at Barnardos Girls Home, Barkingside
Ironing room at Barnardos Home, Barkingside, Essex. In 1873, Thomas Barnardo set up, a Village Home for Orphan, Neglected and Destitute Girls at Barkingside

Salvation Army knitting factory
Girls at work in a Salvation Army knitting factory. They are all wearing regulation long white aprons

Salvation Army elevator dormitory
A dormitory in a Salvation Army Elevator. Elevators, which aimed to help the unskilled or unemployed, combined a factory space together with hostel accommodation for those working there

Laundry, Holborn Union Workhouse, Mitcham
Female inmates at work in the laundry at the Holborn Union workhouse, Mitcham, Surrey. Some women are using flat irons. Clean washing is piled on a table. A large press stands at the rear

Shoemaking Workshop, Holborn Union Workhouse, Mitcham
The shoemaking workshop at the Holborn Union workhouse, Mitcham, Surrey. Male inmates are at work making and repairing shoes for use in the workhouse

Training Ship Exmouth, flag signalling drill
Uniformed boys on the deck of the Training Ship Exmouth learning flag signalling. The Exmouth, moored off Grays in Essex, was used by the Metropolitan Asylums Board as a naval training establishment

Training Ship Exmouth, gun crew
Uniformed boys on the deck of the Training Ship Exmouth in formation as a gun crew, pulling a gun carriage. The Exmouth, moored off Grays in Essex

Kensington & Chelsea District School, infirmary
In 1876, the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea established a District School for pauper children at Banstead, Surrey (later known as Beechholme)

Kensington & Chelsea District School, gymnasium
In 1876, the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea established a District School for pauper children at Banstead, Surrey (later known as Beechholme)

Kensington & Chelsea District School, gym team
In 1876, the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea established a District School for pauper children at Banstead, Surrey (later known as Beechholme)

Boys Band, Training Ship Empress, Helensburgh, Scotland
Members of the Boys Band posing on the deck of the Training Ship Empress, operated at Helensburgh (Dunbartonshire, Scotland) on the Clyde, by the Clyde Industrial Training Ship Association

Boys Eating, Training Ship, Exmouth, Grays, Essex
Boys eating buns on the Training Ship Exmouth, operated from 1876 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board on the Thames off Grays, Essex

Training Ship Mount Edgcumbe, Saltash, Cornwall
The Mount Edgcumbe Industrial Training Ship for Homeless and Destitute Boys was established at Saltash in Cornwall in 1877

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