Tag: Medway Queen

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

Summer 1984

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

Winter 1982

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

Autumn 1980

In the wake of the Dunkirk paddlers | Kingswear Castle | Compton Castle | Medway Queen | Ryde Queen | Plans to save Lincoln Castle | Royal Navy paddle tugs withdrawn

Winter 1979

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

Spring 1979

Kingswear Castle report | Historic afternoon at Lamlash | Countess sails into Hogmanay blizzard | London Belle siren sounds again | President’s Day | Medway Queen

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

Winter 1976

Annual General Meeting 1976 | Passenger figures up by 54% | Lincoln Castle | Waverley to Loch Long

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

Winter 1974

150th anniversary of the General Steam Navigation Company | Ruddy-faced to the setting sun | It was not all plain sailing

Autumn 1974

Waverley’s future | Kingswear Castle | Medway veteran remembered

Summer 1974

Cash boost for Waverley | Kingswear Castle | At Rochester | South Coast | Humber | Afloat with PSPS

Winter 1973

Waverley offered to Society | Charters 1973 | Kingswear Castle report | Right round Lyme Bay, 1923

Autumn 1972

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

Spring 1972

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

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

Spring 1971

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

Summer 1970

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

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

Spring 1969

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

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

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

Winter 1965

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

Summer 1965

From the Chairman | Wessex Branch | Portsmouth paddlers | Hull – New Holland ferry steamers | Notes on Clyde steamers | White Funnel notes