A photograph of the Mars Boys in the Woodhaven workshop supervised by Chief Officer Burn and William Bowman.
This photograph was in a drawer, but the finder had no knowledge of anyone in his family being on the ship. To date the boy has not been identified.
A photograph of Sandy Rankine at Woodhaven Pier, with the Mars in the background, 1926. Sandy's family owned the joinery workshop above the pier (now known as Old Boathouse) and he lived in a cottage right on the Woodhaven bend until the 1990s.
Pages from a book of woodwork patterns belonging to Chief Officer Richard Burns.
Photographs of the four men who commanded the Mars Ship from 1869 to 1929.
A photograph of one of the several bands organised on the ship.
A photograph of the tender to the Mars, the Francis Molison, at Woodhaven Pier, with the boys undertaking a series of drills.
A photograph of the Mars boys watching the Mars leaving her berth at Woodhaven on 27 June 1929.
A photograph of Chief Officer Flynn and the boat crews at Woodhaven, with the Mars in the background.
A photograph of Mars boys in the joinery workshop under the watchful eye of Alexander McDougall, ship's carpenter.
The boys from the Mars building and fitting out the workshops at Woodhaven
The work done by the boys from the Mars was greatly admired.
Former Mars boy William Bowman, who became an instructor, with his class proudly displaying some of their work. The workshop behind them, now demolished, site on the space now occupied by Wormit Boating Club boat park. The building with the curved roof beyond is still there
The Mars boys in the classroom on board the Mars.
Mars boys at work in the tailor's workshop.
Mars boys peek out from their hammocks.
A drawing showing the main parts of the Mars
The Mars at anchor off Woodhaven. Note Dundee and the Law in the smog.
An interesting view showing the Mars superimposed on today's view from Woodhaven
The full ship's complement - boys and crew around 1870
A view of the lower decks showing the sinks for washing and, at the far end, the plates and bowls laid out for mealtime in the refectory
The Francis Molison was used to provide the Mars boys with more seagoing skills and nautical experience. Here they show off their agility as they take up their positions all over the ship's masts and rigging.
The Mars Training Ship and one of the ship's boats rowed by a team of the boys.
