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>>The 'Akbar' or Heswell Nautical Training School opened >>on 3rd August 1909 in ten acres of ground at a cost of >>over £17,000. It was built for the Juvenile Reform >>Committee who had previously used training ships >>moored off Tranmere, but an ageing ship with rotten >>timbers had convinced them to build a more permanent >>shore station. The nautical school which was organised >>on Navy standards, was best known locally for its band >>which appeared at most of the local events. It was one >>of eight training schools to be shut down when it >>finally closed on 16th February 1965. >> >>Source: pg34. "Yesterday's Wirral - Pictorial History >>1890-1953". Ian & Marilyn Boumphrey. ISBN: 1899241159

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