Sometimes a search through the archive turns up some baffling search results. In this case, it was the incredible regularity of instances where apprentices have been heralded for their bravery in rescuing drowning people.
This frequency begs the question: what makes an apprentice such a good person to have around treacherous waters? Let us know your theory in the comments below…
![Hull Daily Mail - Wednesday 27 October 1926](http://fh1-fmp-wp01.dun.fh/wp-content/uploads/9/2016/02/Hull-Daily-Mail-Wednesday-27-October-1926.jpg)
![Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette - Monday 07 November 1910](http://fh1-fmp-wp01.dun.fh/wp-content/uploads/9/2016/02/Sunderland-Daily-Echo-and-Shipping-Gazette-Monday-07-November-1910.jpg)
![Dundee Courier - Wednesday 13 June 1945](http://fh1-fmp-wp01.dun.fh/wp-content/uploads/9/2016/02/Dundee-Courier-Wednesday-13-June-19451.jpg)
![Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Tuesday 05 June 1928](http://fh1-fmp-wp01.dun.fh/wp-content/uploads/9/2016/02/Yorkshire-Post-and-Leeds-Intelligencer-Tuesday-05-June-1928.jpg)
![Chelmsford Chronicle - Friday 14 September 1894](http://fh1-fmp-wp01.dun.fh/wp-content/uploads/9/2016/02/Chelmsford-Chronicle-Friday-14-September-1894.jpg)
![Dundee Evening Telegraph - Wednesday 09 February 1916](http://fh1-fmp-wp01.dun.fh/wp-content/uploads/9/2016/02/Dundee-Evening-Telegraph-Wednesday-09-February-1916.jpg)
![Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Wednesday 11 May 1927](http://fh1-fmp-wp01.dun.fh/wp-content/uploads/9/2016/02/Yorkshire-Post-and-Leeds-Intelligencer-Wednesday-11-May-19271.jpg)