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Training Ships

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Heather

Heather Report 15 Mar 2009 00:34

I wonder if anything would be on Old Bailey online. Unlikely I spose.

Dennis

Dennis Report 14 Mar 2009 22:30

Hi June
I have read the Industrial schools act, It does seem to have been very easy to send children to these schools in those days.
But what I'm looking for are the records of those that sent the boys away.
I've tried searching the NRA catalogue but I'm obviously not asking the correct questions to find appropriate records
Thanks for your resonse though
Dennis

Dennis

Dennis Report 14 Mar 2009 22:21

hi Linda
Thanks for the reply, I have seen most sites for the ship, but they don't give any helpful info as to how the boys came to be on the ship, this is the info that I am seeking. I need something like Juvenile Courts or something like that. I have E-Mailed Paddington for help but still waiting
Thanks for prompt response

Linda G

Linda G Report 14 Mar 2009 21:57

..and this one

http://www.brucehunt.co.uk/Training%20Ship%20Mount%20Edgcumbe.html


Linda

June

June Report 14 Mar 2009 21:54

training ship Mount Edgcumbe, at Saltash in Cornwall

Google this you will get all info you need

here is some info from it



The Industrial Schools Act, 1866 allowed any person to bring any child under the age of 14 years before a magistrate. If the child was found to be in need of care and protection, he could be committed to a certified industrial school. for as long as was considered necessary, but not beyond the age of sixteen years. The child might be sent to any school on shore (or a training ship) which had space and agreed to take him


June x

Linda G

Linda G Report 14 Mar 2009 21:54

Hi Dennis,

Don't know if you've seen this

http://www.trainingships.royalnavy.co.uk/edgcumbe_m.htm


Linda

Dennis

Dennis Report 14 Mar 2009 21:43

Hi all
The 1911 Census shows my grandfather aboard the training ship Mount Edgcumbe, at Saltash in Cornwall, meanwhile his father is still living in Paddington where grandad was born.
I have looked at the Mount Edgcumbe records held in Plymouth records office, but they are mostly concerned with the running of the ship and do not give any information of how or why the boys got there.
Please does anyone have any idea of the records I should now be looking for, presumably in London, to find any further information.
Dennis