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"We live by the sea
We exist by the sea
Let us never forget this"
(Motto of the British Ship Adoption Society)
December 14, 1946
The Children’s Magazine.
Adopting a Ship
That excellent organisation, the British Ship Adoption Society, which enables schools in Britain to " a d o p t " merchant ships, recently held an interesting exhibition in London. Since it was founded in 1936 the Society has grown so that now 826 schools are in close touch with 1200 merchant ships. At the exhibition: Were shown letters written to schools by ships' officers, and samples of calendars and cards made by school children for their adopted ships. An impressive exhibit was a fine scale model of their adopted ship, the Blairclova, made by the boys of Wembley Hill Senior Mixed School.
The Society is doing a splendid educational work. The sailors greatly appreciate the letters and mementoes they receive, and the boys and girls themselves find that the letters describing foriegn countries and ships' cargoes, the photographs, and souvenirs, make geography come to life. They see the world through a seaman's eyes. They acquire, too, a pride and interest in our glorious Merchant Service, the basis of our national livelihood;
We exist by the sea
Let us never forget this"
(Motto of the British Ship Adoption Society)
December 14, 1946
The Children’s Magazine.
Adopting a Ship
That excellent organisation, the British Ship Adoption Society, which enables schools in Britain to " a d o p t " merchant ships, recently held an interesting exhibition in London. Since it was founded in 1936 the Society has grown so that now 826 schools are in close touch with 1200 merchant ships. At the exhibition: Were shown letters written to schools by ships' officers, and samples of calendars and cards made by school children for their adopted ships. An impressive exhibit was a fine scale model of their adopted ship, the Blairclova, made by the boys of Wembley Hill Senior Mixed School.
The Society is doing a splendid educational work. The sailors greatly appreciate the letters and mementoes they receive, and the boys and girls themselves find that the letters describing foriegn countries and ships' cargoes, the photographs, and souvenirs, make geography come to life. They see the world through a seaman's eyes. They acquire, too, a pride and interest in our glorious Merchant Service, the basis of our national livelihood;