24th July 1964 Jeanie Deans
Jeanie Deans replaced Queen Mary II on the “Down the River” cruise from Glasgow.
Supporting the preservation and operation of paddle steamers Waverley and Kingswear Castle
Jeanie Deans replaced Queen Mary II on the “Down the River” cruise from Glasgow.
Whippingham returns to Portsmouth after her dry-docking at Southampton.
Monarch pictured in drydock at Southampton 5th May 1953.
Ryde ran a special cruise from Southsea to meet round the world yachtsman Alec Rose in 1968.
Read this letter from P & A Campbell management to PW 1968.
If the Swiss can do it why can’t we?
Most often associated with the Southampton to Cowes ferry and pottering about in the Solent, the Lizzie hit excursion peaks just after the Second World War.
Fifty summers ago, in 1964, there were still four paddle steamers operating on the Clyde, the Jeanie Deans, Waverley, Caledonia and Talisman.