The former Ramsgate Home for Smack Boys in Ramsgate, Kent, UK.
The Sailors’ Church and Harbour Mission, close by the foot of Jacob’s Ladder was built in 1878 by Canon Eustace Brenan, vicar of the nearby Christ Church. He saw the need for spiritual guidance and physical help for the men and boys who made up the crews of the sailing smacks who fished out of Ramsgate in the nineteenth century. It was dangerous, arduous work, especially for the young apprentices who were called Smack Boys. When the apprentices were ashore, they were provided with some comfort in the rooms above the church and later, in the Smack Boys Home next door.
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Location: Ramsgate, Kent, UK
Photo credit: © Maurice Savage / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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