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 newspaper cutting from the 1920s of a very young boy dressed in a Mars uniform, probably at Elie.
A photograph of a gravestone in Forgan Cemetery commemorating three boys who tragically drowned in 1873.
Photographs of the Mars boys building a rest camp for invalid boys from Dundee.
A photograph of the doctors's inspection of the Mars boys on their arrival at the granary at Elie harbour in 1912.
The Mars boys at Elie enjoying a sing-song with Chief Officer Burns.
A photograph of the tender to the Mars, the Francis Molison, at Woodhaven Pier, with the boys undertaking a series of drills.
Two photographs of the Mars boys participating in outdoor activities at Elie.
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.
A sea of faces - the Mars boys en masse on deck
Mars boys at work in the tailor's workshop.
Mars boys peek out from their hammocks.
The full ship's complement - boys and crew around 1870
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.
These photographs were taken in St Mary's Church in Newport. Many of the Mars boys attended church there and left their marks on the church pews! Each boy was only known by a number while on board ship, so in many cases that's all they carved, as in the first two photographs. 36, 38 and ...
Toy car lent to exhibition 2016. Label reads: "Toy car which belonged to John Berry. Made in woodwork shop under the direction of Mr Burns of the Mars Training Ship. The ship was anchored off Woodhaven, Newport and provided training for the Merchant Navy for underprivileged boys until 1929, when the ship was towed away and broken ...