This photograph shows the sheds at Woodhaven Pier that were built and fitted out by the Mars boys, and used as workshops. They were used by the Scouts in the 1930s and briefly after the war, and used by the Norwegian soldiers during the war as a cookhouse and for accommodation.
This photo, taken on board the Mars, shows the boys in formation and their instructors behind.
This photo shows some of the Mars boys at work in the joinery workshop. The instructor is Chief Officer Burn.
This photograph shows the Mars being towed away by the tug Bulger on 27 June 1929, destined for the breaker's yard.
A postcard showing the memorial at Woodhaven Pier to the Mars boys killed in WWI, with the ship behind.
This postcard shows the Francis Molison, a boat used by the Mars boys to gain seamanship skills and experience, berthed at Woodhaven Pier. The Mars is on the water behind.
Newspaper photograph of rededication ceremony of Mars boys' commemoration stone and plaque.
A postcard showing the Mars Boys spelling Happy New Year on Woodhaven Railway embankment (now the nature trail). The Mars can be seen behind.
A brightly coloured balancing parrot toy made by the boys on the Mars training ship.
Newspaper cutting from 1990 describing the events to celebrate the 70th birthday of joiner Sandy Rankine. The party took place in Sandy's 191-years-old workshop at Woodhaven pier. Sandy's great-grandfather William Buist started the joinery business here in 1875. Originally the building served as the pack-house for the Woodhaven ferry, where taxes and dues were paid ...
A newspaper letter about James Tait who was missionary to the boys on the Mars training ship for 48 years. It was written to the Newspaper by Willie Rankine of Woodhaven.
The Mars training ship and its brig the Francis Molison. The Francis Molison was donated in 1881 and much of the boys' practical nautical training took place on board. Each year it made a trip around the coast of Britain, and the change of routine that this voyage provided was much enjoyed by the boys.
An action view of the Mars boys aboard small boats at Woodhaven pier, with Rock House in the background. This old granary building was used as a hospital for the Mars boys.
Framed view towards Woodhaven with Mars boats in foreground. Rock House stands on the shore beside the harbour. This was originally the granary for the St Fort Estate. While the Mars training ship was anchored offshore, the building was used as a hospital for the boys, and during World War II it housed the officers of ...
The Mars ready for its departure from the Tay with the steam tug Bulger.
A view towards West Newport past the brig Francis Molison. The ship was used by the boys of the Mars Training Ship to learn seamanship skills. Castle Brae climbs the hill on the left and on the right are the houses of Westfield Terrace.
Article from the Dundee Courier about the raising of the Mars mooring anchor in 1975.
An Admiralty mooring anchor from the Mars. It was probably cut loose in the 1800s and recovered from the sea about 1974.
Article from Mars Mainsheet, Wormit Boating Club’s newsletter, about the raising of the Mars mooring anchor.
This photo shows the Mars at anchor off Woodhaven, with some of the boys standing on the slip.
Newspaper account of the boys on the Mars training ship, printed in 1989 on the 60th anniversary of the ship leaving the Tay.
Written by Ena Scott (nee Gleig) in 1989. Ena was born in 1912 and lived nearly all her life in Woodhaven and Wormit. She grew up at Woodhaven farmhouse which looked out on the Mars Training Ship, moored off Woodhaven Pier until its departure in 1929. When a squad of workers was required on the farm, ...