NICK Walker, Puffer Preservation Trust director and skipper of Puffer VIC 32, has been awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the 2018 Queen’s Birthday
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Author: Hugh Dougherty
Spartan’s hold to host puffer saga
THE history of the Clyde puffers is to be told in the hold of MV Spartan. The Scottish Maritime Museum’s puffer has had doors cut
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Vic steams on in 75th year
VIC 32, the last coal-fired Clyde puffer in service, is marking 75 years since she was launched in 1943 from Dunston’s shipyard in Thorne, Yorkshire,
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First art show at Scottish Maritime Museum
THE Scottish Maritime Museum is mounting its first maritime art exhibition, showcasing over 100 works collected by the Irvine museum over the last three years
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Maid appeals for volunteers
THE Loch Lomond Steamship Company Limited has issued a fresh plea for volunteers to come on board as the final pieces in the £5m funding
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Having a blast at the Mull
THEY’RE having a blast at Mull of Galloway Lighthouse thanks to the Mull of Galloway Trust which has restored the lighthouse’s mighty fog horn to
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More cash for the Maid
THE Paddle Steamer Preservation Society has donated £50,000 to the PS Maid of the Loch kitty which is growing monthly in the drive for the
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New top team for PS Waverley
PS Waverley is starting her new season with a new top team. Captain Andy O’Brian, a stalwart of the ship, returns to the bridge as
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Lord Smith lends weight to Maid’s appeal final push
THE Loch Lomond Steamship Company has marked the 65th anniversary of the launch of the last paddle steamer to be built for a British railway
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RYA lifetime commitment award for Tunnocks chief
BOYD Tunnock, chairman of the company which makes the well-known Tunnocks Teacakes, Caramel Logs and Wafers, has been awarded with a Lifetime Commitment Award by
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Funding boost for Maid of the Lock
THE Loch Lomond Steamship Company has been given a grant of £122,000 from Forth Valley and Loch Lomond LEADER and Scottish Enterprise to help the
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All hands to the pumps for Maid!
IT’S a case of all hands to the pumps to help PS Maid of the Loch sail again thanks to heritage consultant and engineer Jim
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