Category: A Peep into the Past

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

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

Spring 1983

Engines run again after 15 years | Bristol Channel Branch | Waverley | New boilers for world’s oldest paddle steamer | A Brazilian paddle steamer adventure

Winter 1982

Our most remarkable members | Waverley’s busiest year | Maid of the Loch | Medway Queen moved to fresh mooring | Kingswear Castle

Autumn 1982

Waverley cruising round Great Britain | Just part of the KC story | Compton Castle’s new role | Maritime England Rally 1982

Summer 1982

Manxman weekend | Maid of the Loch sold | Kingswear Castle report | Waverley gets 5-year certificate | Hjejlen sails into her 122nd year | Goethe is Rhine’s lone 1982 paddler

Spring 1982

Maid of the Loch’s future in doubt | Surviving the winter | Kingswear Castle report | Finland’s lakes

Winter 1981

Momentous twelve months | Scottish Branch news | Tattershall Castle moved to Kent | Faithful withdrawn | White Swan completes 125 years

Autumn 1981

‘Unbelievable’ early season | Medway pirates | Humber ferry finale | Kingswear Castle | Prince Ivanhoe | Boob of the month

Summer 1981

Bristol Channel news | Maid of the Loch sails on | Prince Ivanhoe | Waverley – New boiler installed | Kingswear Castle back in the water

Spring 1981

New boiler project is up to schedule | Prince Ivanhoe sails north | Bristol Channel cruises under the Waverley banner | Kingswear Castle progress report | North of the Border

Winter 1980

PSPS celebrates coming of age | Shanklin joins the fleet | Maid of the Loch hits the headlines | Kingswear Castle | Caledonia’s untimely end | John H Amos