New Bristol Venue for Branch Meetings
Now to take place at the Underfall Yard Visitor’s Centre, Cumberland Road, Bristol, BS1 6XG.
Supporting the preservation and operation of paddle steamers Waverley and Kingswear Castle
Now to take place at the Underfall Yard Visitor’s Centre, Cumberland Road, Bristol, BS1 6XG.
The draw took place at the end of the live YouTube broadcast on Friday 26 November 2021.
The middle weekend of August visit several ports, including Ardrishaig for the first time in 20 years.
A summary of Waverley’s 2021 Clyde sailing season so far.
Waverley’s season is progressing well during a period of very fine weather.
Waverley welcomed her first passengers of the 2021 season aboard on Tuesday June 29 with everyone enjoying the idyllic sailing conditions.
On 13 May 2021 Waverley exited dry dock at Greenock and returned to Pacific Quay, Glasgow after running trials down the Firth of Clyde.
The true story of Waverley’s only call at St Mawes on 15th May 1996.
Watch again the first PSPS online presentation entitled “Waverley – Achieving 2020 and Beyond”.
Illustrations of Waverley meeting Shieldhall and Kingswear Castle and of her first calls at Margate and Walton-on-the-Naze.
We are delighted to announce the details for our first ever online live presentation which will take place on Friday 12th February at 7:30pm GMT/UTC.
1 November 2020 marks the 80th birthday of Society Vice-President Terry Sylvester.
The draft minutes of the Society’s thirty-third Annual General Meeting are now available on this web site.
Waverley was able to undertake her first cruise since October 2018 on Saturday 22 August 2020. This took her from Glasgow to Loch Long and Loch Goil, calling at Blairmore.
Waverley has moved from her berth in James Watt Dock to Greenock Custom House Quay.
Support the Maid of the Loch by taking a virtual cruise of the full length of Loch Lomond.
Bill Prynne, who died aged 94 on Saturday 11th April, was PSPS Chairman for two stints, firstly for part of 1963 and then again from 1967 to 1976.
Greg Beecroft shares some pictures he took of Waverley at Easter 1980.
The Council of Management appointed John Allen to be the Society’s National Chairman on 28 March.
Over 60 members attended our Annual General Meeting in Southampton on the very wet Saturday afternoon of 26 October.
The Scottish Government have announced £1m funding for Waverley.
The latest Appeal news for Waverley; the total raised reaches £850,000.
To commemorate the Society’s Diamond Anniversary, two new publications have been crafted to tell our story, a hardback book and a DVD.
The PSPS has made a grant of £150,000 to Waverley’s Boiler Refit Appeal.
It is with deep regret that we announce the peaceful death of our Founder and President, Professor Alan Robinson on 29 August 2019, aged 99 years.
On 22 June 2019, Wessex & Dart Branch again took advantage of one of the ‘promotional cruises’ agreed when KC returned to the Dart.
A grant of £82,592 has been paid to WSN to fund more work done as a part of the 2018/2019 refit.
The PSPS has agreed an immediate cash injection of over £170,000 to fund the recent dry docking.
The PSPS (Scottish Branch) annual Evening Fund Raising Cruise will take place on Wednesday 10th July.
The Council of Management has decided that it is time that we should change our Independent Examiner.