A group of women receive a lesson in boot repairing mb-code 2378468 Scene from Samuel Wallis's voyage

Scene from Samuel Wallis's voyage of circumnavigation in HMS 'Dolphin'

This bird is the only species of its genus yet known of a white colour

The illustrations are numbered on the plate

Corner has one lap to go in the Richard Seaman Memorial vintage trophy trace

A group of women receive a lesson in boot repairing mb-code 2378468 Scene from Samuel Wallis's voyageA group of women receive a lesson in boot repairing, World War I, c1914 c1918. A cobbler showing women how to repair boots at Scaynes Hill Women's Insititute, Sussex. Cobbling was traditionally regarded as an occupation only for men, but was efficiently taken over by women during the war.