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The 30th Indefatigable Old Boys Annual Reunion

On 13 Jun, 2013 By Tim Brunsden With 17 Comments

I was invited down to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch last weekend to some filming at the 30th Indefatigable Old Boys Annual Reunion. The weather was amazing and it was really great to see how connected the Old Boys are by their experience at The Indefatigable. Here’s a link to a piece we did earlier with Bill Smith talking about his time at the…

The Indefatigable

On 26 Mar, 2012 By Tim Brunsden With 6 Comments

Training Ship Indefatigable was a British training school for boys intending to join the Royal Navy or the Merchant Navy. Until the middle of the nineteenth century the British Merchant Navy had no recognized training schools for boys entering the service. Education consisted of boys about 15 years old going to sea “to be led, guided, bullied and socialized into…