Sunset on the Clyde
The Last Summers on the Water
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2005
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2nd Revised edition
In Pinn (Verlag)
978-1-903238-71-4 (ISBN)
In Pinn (Verlag)
978-1-903238-71-4 (ISBN)
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Duncan Graham's hilarious memoir of his days as a student purser aboard is filled with larger-than-life characters.In this edition of Graham's memoir, the last days of steaming on the Clyde are recounted as they really were.
The 1950s were the heyday of the Clyde pleasure-steamer, when hordes of ordinary folk went 'doon the watter' to Dunoon, Largs and Millport to the strains of accordian and fiddle. Others went with suitcases to Rothesay for the Fair, while the well-to-do filled brass-bound trunks and headed for the boarding houses of Brodick and Whiting Bay. The resort piers were hives of activity and the crack was good as the steamers' arrival heralded the main talking point of the day. Duncan Graham's frequently hilarious memoir of his days as a student purser aboard The Talisman, Prince Edward and the Caledonia is filled with larger-than-life characters including dashing skippers who raced for the best berths, frustrated Chief Engineers, wheeler-dealer stewards and ladies with more than a mere day trip on their mind! In this new revised paperback edition of Graham's best-selling memoir, the last days of steaming on the Clyde are recounted as they really were.
The 1950s were the heyday of the Clyde pleasure-steamer, when hordes of ordinary folk went 'doon the watter' to Dunoon, Largs and Millport to the strains of accordian and fiddle. Others went with suitcases to Rothesay for the Fair, while the well-to-do filled brass-bound trunks and headed for the boarding houses of Brodick and Whiting Bay. The resort piers were hives of activity and the crack was good as the steamers' arrival heralded the main talking point of the day. Duncan Graham's frequently hilarious memoir of his days as a student purser aboard The Talisman, Prince Edward and the Caledonia is filled with larger-than-life characters including dashing skippers who raced for the best berths, frustrated Chief Engineers, wheeler-dealer stewards and ladies with more than a mere day trip on their mind! In this new revised paperback edition of Graham's best-selling memoir, the last days of steaming on the Clyde are recounted as they really were.
Duncan Graham, CBE, is a retired professional who lives in the Lake District. He was the former CE of the National Curriculum Council and considers his time working on the Clyde steamers as the happiest working days of this life.
Introduction The Die is Cast Tantalising Glimpses 1946-52 Inversnaid, Loch Lomond and the Last of the Edwardians Friday at Ardlui The Cowal and Transition Maid of Argyll Piers, Places, People and Paddlers; The Talisman; Anything But! Jupiter; A Flyer at Last Jeanie Deans; Maid of the Loch Haste Ye Back The Real Queen Mary Wider Horizons Lakes and Steamers The Fleet List Further Reading
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 11.4.2005 |
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| Zusatzinfo | b&w integrated halftones |
| Verlagsort | Glasgow |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 130 x 198 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-903238-71-4 / 1903238714 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-903238-71-4 / 9781903238714 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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