Author: Roy Tait+

Supporting the preservation and operation of paddle steamers Waverley and Kingswear Castle

Winter 1990

Waverley present as QE2 makes triumphant return | Basil’s surprise, surprise! | So near but yet so far | Maid of the Loch and Countess Fiona sold | Teddy bears ahoy | And 50 years ago…

Autumn 1990

30 years of Paddle Wheels | Waverley at Dunkirk | Medway Queen commemorative service | Waverley diary | And 50 years ago…

Summer 1990

Easter snow | Medway Queen report | Find for historical trust | Wingfield Castle | A Vice-President’s notebook | And 50 years ago…

Spring 1990

Scottish Branch celebrates | Obituary – Nicholas Knight | Waverley diary | Come in number 65! | And 50 years ago…

Winter 1989

Bristol Channel highlights | South East | Up-river exploration | Restoration plan for Maid of the Loch | Memorable celebration | A Vice President’s notebook | And 50 years ago…

Autumn 1989

Clevedon Pier re-opened | Southend Pier’s centenary | Pilgrimage to Medway Queen | Prospects for a record season | Balmoral at Yarmouth Pier | And 50 years ago…

Summer 1989

Balmoral misses spring sailings | Bristol Channel branch dinner | Medway Queen | New Year with the St. Killian | And 50 years ago…

Spring 1989

Record number of teddy bears sail on Balmoral | Wingfield Castle progress | Lincoln Castle opens in Grimsby | Queen Mary | A new Commodore Club ticket | Branch news | And 50 years ago…

Winter 1988

Review 1988 | Paddle steamer room opens | And 50 years ago…

Autumn 1988

Bristol Channel highlights | Pleasure cruising from East Sussex | Up the creek without paddles | And 50 years ago…

Summer 1988

Chairman’s comments | Bristol Channel Branch | Scottish Branch | Waverley back in service | Promoting Kingswear Castle | Medway Queen | And 50 years ago…

Spring 1988

Vintage bus to vintage steamer | Medway Queen on the move | Princess Elizabeth for Paris | Queen Mary dry docked at Chatham | Eileen Pritchard – PSPS member No. 1 | Our Society by another name | And 50 years ago…

Winter 1987

Boiler problems | Clyde’s bitter sweet summer | Paddle steamer week at Ramsgate | Balmoral keeps the flag flying | Nine years late | New owners for Ryde Queen | And 50 years ago…

Autumn 1987

KC on the election trail | KC in television spotlight | Loch Long revisited | Bristol Channel decision pays dividend | A remarkable trio | And 50 years ago…

Summer 1987

Last departure | Medway Queen | Restoration to start | Lifebelt’s long trip home | North of the Border | The Murray River paddlers | New PSPS book | And 50 years ago…

Spring 1987

KC awakes! | More hard facts – By Waverley’s captain | Medway Queen restoration project | Charitable status | And 50 years ago…

Winter 1986

Paddler back in Bristol | Poor Solent weather | Kingswear Castle at Whitstable | Return of the Gisela | Medway Queen | And 50 years ago…

Summer 1986

Steam heritage award for Kingswear Castle | Birth of the ‘new’ Balmoral | Waverley diary | Will Maid of the Loch’s engine turn again? | 40 years to the day at Bristol | Paddle steamers of North America

Spring 1986

Waverley in Irish Waters | Wingfield Castle move | By paddler to Budapest | Donald Rose | Medway Queen

Autumn 1985

Balmoral donations flood in! | Medway Queen Society formed | Revival of a tradition | Kingswear Castle report | From the Chairman

Winter 1985

Grand parade of paddlers, Lucerne | Discovering Hjejlen | Waverley diary | Kingswear Castle report | Medway Queen

Summer 1985

25 years on!

Spring 1985

From the Chairman | Waverley | London & Home Counties Branch | Bristol Channel Branch | Wessex Branch | Scottish Branch | North of England Branch | Turning point in Kingswear Castle’s destiny

Winter 1984

Historic River Medway meeting | Best financial result | North of the Border | Medway Queen | Branch news

Autumn 1984

A much loved figure | Operating Kingswear Castle | Waverley diary | Blumlisalp to flower again

Summer 1984

A huge achievement | A Royal homecoming | Waverley | North of the Border

Spring 1984

Log of the Paddle Vessel Kingswear Castle | The climax to ten years of restoration | Wintering German fashion | Waverley diary

Winter 1983

Kingswear Castle sails again | Waverley diary | Fun with models 30 years ago

Autumn 1983

Around Britain in 1983 | Kingswear Castle report

Summer 1983

23rd Annual Meeting | North of England Branch | Stobcross scene | Kingswear Castle report | Ryde | Boob of the month