Lambeth Archives/Minet Library: March 2013.

Haxhi: On one of our trips we visited the Lambeth Archives to research historical documents such as old maps from the 18th and 19th century. We also saw photographs of the LNS and Waterloo area. We researched old records from the past such as documents of the London Nautical School which told us that our school had been an orphanage and hospital for incoming settlers from Ireland.

Josh: We learnt from an old record book at Lambeth Archives that our school was first established as a charity ‘hospital’ in 1911 by a Lt.L.Menzies formerly of the Royal Navy.

Mushrak: The ‘hospital’ (from the word ‘hospitality’) then became known as St. Patrick’s and looked after many adults and children who had come across the sea and had lost their families along the way.

Shpetim: After the sinking of the ‘Titanic’ in 1912, St.Patrick’s became a training college for young boys and was renamed the London Nautical School in 1915.