Captain Cook Memorial Museum him on as apprentice seaman for a three-year term. Cook served Walker first as apprentice, then as seaman and lastly as master’s mate until he joined the Royal Navy in 1755. He spent most of his time at sea on Walker’s colliers, mainly in the coal trade between the Tyne and London but including voyages to the Baltic and Dublin. The Whitby historian George Young, ‘Life of Cook’ 1836, stated that during Cook’s apprenticeship Walker retained Cook in Whitby on occasion and lodged him in the attic of the house in Grape Lane. There should be no difficulty in accepting
Seaman Nobby Hall again challenged for a title. He made a final comeback in October 1935, at the age of 43, drawing with Jim Hendry. Seaman Nobby Hall James Hall (15 October 1892 – 13 November 1953), better known as Seaman Nobby Hall, was a Scottish boxer who was British and European lightweight champion between 1922 and 1923. Born in Peebles in 1892, James Hall began his professional boxing career in 1917. A sailor on the Royal Navy, he won several Imperial Services Championships, but began his pro career with two defeats. In February 1919 he beat former British bantamweight champion Curley Walker