Shipboard Apprenticeships

During the 19th and early 20th centuries, numerous ships carried migrants from the UK to New Zealand, a journey that could take several months. Apprenticeships on board these ships were crucial for young men seeking to learn the ropes of maritime life and the merchant trade. These apprenticeships were a blend of rigorous training, hardContinueContinue reading “Shipboard Apprenticeships”

Walter John Boden Radford

His father John Boden Radford came from Egginton, Derbyshire, England. Walter died in New Zealand. Walter John Bowden Radford was born on a chilly October day in 1859 in Marylebone, London. The bustling streets of the city were a stark contrast to the quiet village of Egginton where his father, John Boden Radford, had beenContinueContinue reading “Walter John Boden Radford”