Category: A Peep into the Past

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

Spring 1973

December 2nd 1972 | From the Chairman | To Cherbourg by Balmoral

Winter 1972

Scottish Branch news | London members cruise under sail | News around the coasts | Bristol Channel | Firth of Clyde | Tees

Autumn 1972

From the Chairman | From John Betjeman, Patron PSPS | Happy Birthday Waverley | Humber | Bristol Channel | Blackheath Rally | Paddling to Ormidale

Summer 1972

Fitting resting place for the bell of La Marguerite | Bristol Channel | East Anglia | Firth of Clyde | Paddle tug to open as floating museum

Spring 1972

Society news – Annual draw | Farewell to the ‘Duchess’ | ‘Caley’ heads south | Thames & Medway

Winter 1971

Kingswear Castle – Our great challenge | Full load on the Humber | Paddling round the Isle of Arran | PS Princess Elizabeth | Bristol Channel

Autumn 1971

Historic views from the Isle of Wight | Taming of the Loch Lomond monster for a day | A ship fit for a Queen | Waverley | MacBraynes TS King George V (1926) | Blackheath centenary

Summer 1971

PSPS paddlers for 1971 | Scottish notes | SS Shieldhall | Woody Bay Pier

Spring 1971

Charting our new course | Waverley study group | Scottish notes | Bristol Channel | PS Princess Elizabeth | DEPV Farringford

Winter 1970

The big challenge | The Royal Route retraced | The Humber ferries | PS Ryde | PS Old Caledonia

Autumn 1970

Isle of Wight Charter | The Lundy charter | News from Scotland | PS Kingswear Castle

Summer 1970

Scottish news | Solent scene | A pint in ‘The Paddler’

Spring 1970

Eppleton Hall paddles on | Scottish notes | Inauguration of Scottish Branch | PS Ryde | Bristol Channel notes

Winter 1969

PSPS 10th anniversary celebration | PS Ryde | Compton Castle | Humber ferries | In European waters

Autumn 1969

PS Ryde | Two paddle tugs preserved | Captain Leonard Horsham | Scottish notes

Summer 1969

John H Amos | Paddle steamer to the rescue | Bristol Channel report | In European waters | Society news | Stop press!

Spring 1969

Society AGM report | Points from the post | The Humber ferries

Winter 1968

Consul | Ryde’s great adventure | Kingswear Castle | Scottish notes

Autumn 1968

Isle of Wight Branch | Blackheath Rally 1968 | Wessex Branch News | The Portsmouth paddler | Scottish notes

Summer 1968

Society’s future – and you! | Society membership | Bristol Channel Branch | Cleddau Queen loses her paddles | The Humber paddlers | Scottish news

Spring 1968

Isle of Wight Branch | Wessex Branch news | PS Queen of the South | MV Queen of the Channel | Bristol Queen to be preserved? | Scottish news

Winter 1967

The Society’s paddler | White Funnel notes | Scottish notes | The end of BL Nairn | A paddle tug at work | The Portsmouth paddler

Autumn 1967

Paddling around with Russell Plummer | Farewell to Embassy | Stop press!

Summer 1967

PS Kingswear Castle to be purchased by Society | PS Queen of the South | Scottish notes | White Funnel notes | A salty tale | Weymouth | Six Rhine paddlers remain

Spring 1967

From the Chairman | The annual meeting | Bristol Channel Branch | Scottish notes | Humber paddlers | The Portsmouth paddler | The Swiss steamer scene

Winter 1966

Kingswear Castle | Facing facts | White Funnel notes | PS Embassy | PS Ryde | Scottish notes

Autumn 1966

From the Chairman | Medway Queen Club | Cosens & Co. | White Funnel notes | Scottish notes | BL Nairn

Summer 1966

Scottish notes | White Funnel notes | PS Queen of the South | Portsmouth paddlers | Cosens & Co. | Subscriptions

Spring 1966

What shall we do with the Kingswear Castle? | Queen of the South | Westward Ho | Portsmouth paddlers | Scottish notes | Humber ferries

Winter 1965

From the Chairman | PS Jeanie Deans | Arrival of the Medway Queen | Cosens & Co. | Princess Elizabeth | Clyde notes | White Funnel news