Tag: Balmoral

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

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…

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…

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

Autumn 1985

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

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

Summer 1980

Old Caledonia gutted by fire | Kingswear Castle | Bristol Channel | American paddlers

Winter 1979

1979: A glimpse into Europe | MV Balmoral | Lincoln Castle | Waverley’s 1979 sailings | Kingswear Castle

Winter 1978

Westward Ho! with Balmoral | Commemorative plaque unveiled | Medway Queen sinks | Ryde Queen re-opened | An evening cruise in Amsterdam

Winter 1977

Triumphant end to extended Clyde season | Kingswear Castle report | Lincoln Castle sails on alone | MV Balmoral | Campbell cruises on the Thames | Medway Queen going home | Ryde Queen’s future undecided

Summer 1977

Waverley scores Mersey triumph | Quiet end for the Poole Belle | London & Home Counties Branch | Wessex Branch

Summer 1976

Full steam ahead again on the Clyde | Work parties | Balmoral sails round the Isle of Wight | Kingswear Castle progress report | John H Amos moves south | Medway Queen’s poor state

Autumn 1975

Waverley’s most successful season | Kingswear Castle report | Lincoln Castle’s Trent visit | Bristol Channel | Society’s first Broads cruise

Spring 1974

Waverley on the slip | What the members think | Bristol Channel | New look on the Humber | Straits of Dover | Kingswear Castle report

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

Winter 1971

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

Spring 1971

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

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’