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6 February 2010: PS Ryde is in imminent danger of being scrapped. Please Click Here to see the report on PS Ryde and sign the petition to save her by clicking on the link above. Thank you.
6 February 2010: Capt P B Cowley , Capt Claque and Capt "Ginger" Bridson have been added to the Captains and Crew of the IOMSP and L&NWS section of the site.
26 January 2010: A major new section is to be added to the site featuring Captains and crew of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company and the Liverpool & North Wales Steamship Co. These pictures will displayed by courtesy of Victoria Wood, whose grandfather Ted Groom was a collector, photographer and salvager of all things pleasure steamer related. These pictures relate to the inter war period and may be of interest to steamer enthusiasts and family historians.
14 January 2010: A new picture, courtesy of Stuart Hall, showing PS Cardiff Queen at Tenby in 1959 has been added to the site. Rare colour picture of Lorna Doone (I) from my collection has been restored by Richard Danielson and has now been loaded to the site.
28 November 2009: A new image of PS Glen Usk has been added by kind permission of Jennifer Tinnion, whose father took the picture whilst at Newport. I am grateful to Jennifer for allowing me to display the picture here.
6 November 2009: A new image of PS Crested Eagle , courtesy of John Perthen has been added. John's father, William, took the picture in 1932 shortly after he had started dating John's mother Olive (then Olive Sanders). William would have been 17 at the time and Olive 16. I am grateful to John for allowing me to share this great picture with you. I have also taken the opportunity to re-scan the image of Capt. Cole, Crested Eagle's master. It is now much better resolution and clarity. The image came from my late father's collection, he having bought the postcard on board PS Crested Eagle. Also today I have uploaded a restored image of MV Balmoral. This restoration has kindly been carried out by Richard Danielson and other restored images will follow soon. My thanks go to Ricahrd for his work here.
11 October 2009: Finally for today, I have uploaded a short video clip taken on my compct camera. It shows PS Waverley leaving Southend Pier when we travelled on her a week or so ago. It seems to be best viewed in fullscreen and click the HQ button. I should explain I am not very technical but it seems Ok ish to me. I should be interested to learn what visitors think. You can see it at YouTube.
11 October 2009: In 2007 I had to suspend my Guestbook facility as I was getting so much spam, much of it abusive. It has taken me until now to resurrect it. I am trying out a new Guestbook and would welcome your feedback, both on the site and the ease of the Guestbook by clicking here. The old Guestbook entries can still be viewed by clicking here. Thank you for your continued support.
11 October 2009: Many thanks for the patience of all the visitors as there have been no updates to the site for some time. This has been due mainly to a serious illness in the family but matters have now improved, I am delighted to say. Paddle Steamer Picture Gallery is TEN YEARS OLD TODAY! Thank you all for your support over those years and the site has grown beyond anything I could have imagined when I first tinkered with the idea in 1999. Today I have added two pictures from a great trip we had a week or so ago on PS Waverley from London to Southend (getting off before the return leg so I could get some pictures of her coming back to Southend!). I hope you like them.
17 May 2009: A new page added, devoted to pictures across the career of PS Waverley (1946). Please send me any pictures that you want to be considered for inclusion. tom.lee@virgin.net
17 April 2009:A new page has been added to the Scottish Steamers section showing the 1879 Edinburgh Castle.
7 March 2009: After a break due to me just having too much else to do I thought it was about time I got back to updating the site. Today I have added a 1930's picture of the crew of PS Lorna Doone (I). I purchased this recently after it was found when a house was being cleared out. Picture for PS Lorna Doone (I) also updated to show a rare colour image from the 1930's. Picture for PS Squires updated to show a rare 1930's colour slide from the late Sidney Perrier.