http://www.scribd.com/people/view/220590-clyde-steamers This a feed for documents on Scribd written by Clyde Steamers 30 Tue, 20 May 2008 00:05:40 GMT Tue, 20 May 2008 00:05:40 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/3026168/Colour-On-The-Clyde Contents Chapter 1 The Boats The Colours of The Steamers and Their Numbers The Boats of the Period Some Boats Engines Boilers Comfort The Cabin The Dining Saloon Chapter 2 1 *Chapter 3 The Men The Wheel and the Bridge The Captain The Purser Assistant Purser Tickets The Crew Bands The Little Things Sails Ropes Bottom Cleaning Mooring Buoys Winter Boats Christmas A Cosy Corner Rothesay Pier Smells of The Broomielaw Boats Pier Porters at Rothesay Bellman al Rothesay. Racing Torchlight Evening Cruise The Visitors' Day Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Eagle III at Rothesay Preface TO SOME of us there are Tue, 20 May 2008 00:05:40 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/3026168/Colour-On-The-Clyde http://www.scribd.com/doc/3012056/MacBrayne-Fleet-List-and-Licences-1906-1972 MacBrayne's Fleet Lists And Bus Service Operating Licences For Services and Tours 1906 - 1972 MacBrayne's Turbine Steamer "Saint Columba" 1 *2 *3 *4 *5 *6 *7 *8 *9 *10 *11 *12 *13 *14 *15 *16 * Sun, 18 May 2008 16:41:29 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/3012056/MacBrayne-Fleet-List-and-Licences-1906-1972 http://www.scribd.com/doc/3011703/MacBrayne-Bus-Timetables-1954-and-1955 MacBrayne's Bus Timetables 1954 and 1955 1 *2 *3 *4 *5 *6 *7 *8 *9 *10 *11 *12 *13 *14 *15 *16 *17 *18 *19 *20 *21 *22 *23 *24 *25 *26 *27 *28 *29 *30 *31 *32 *33 *34 *35 *36 *37 * Sun, 18 May 2008 15:53:26 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/3011703/MacBrayne-Bus-Timetables-1954-and-1955 http://www.scribd.com/doc/3005928/MacBraynes-Timetable-Summer-1970 1 *2 *3 *4 *5 *6 *7 *8 *9 *10 *11 *12 *13 *14 *15 *16 *17 *18 *19 *20 *21 *22 *23 *24 *25 *26 *27 *28 *29 *30 *31 *32 *33 * Sat, 17 May 2008 20:43:15 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/3005928/MacBraynes-Timetable-Summer-1970 http://www.scribd.com/doc/2986926/Sailing-Directions-CCC- SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR FIRTH OF CLYDE to PORTPATRICK, DONAGADEE to RATHLIN ISLAND and from THE MULL OF CANTYRE to CRINAN Including GUIDES TO THE CRINAN and FORTH AND CLYDE CANALS and also including DISTANCE TABLES and GENERAL NOTES ON TIDES and WEATHER SYSTEMS FOREWARD The pages here draw from a 1947-published, 5th edition of The Clyde Cruising Club's "Sailing Directions for The West Coast of Scotland", the 'characteristics' of all the lighthouses and buoys described in the 1947-published guide removed from the pages here for obvious reasons as the characteristics of lights and buoys are liab Fri, 16 May 2008 00:48:36 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2986926/Sailing-Directions-CCC- http://www.scribd.com/doc/2150416/War-Under-Sail © 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003 P. D. M. Kelly, PA29 6XE/14, U.K.. War Under Sail With the celebration of The 200th Anniversary of Trafalgar in 2005 and the continuing popularity of books by Captain Marryat, Dudley Pope, Alexander Kent, Patrick O’Brian and C.S. Forester, many of the latter’s ‘Hornblower’ stories being produced for television in a £14m series, it seemed useful and appropriate to provide some detail about the ships and the crews, the ‘men-of-war’ of Nelson’s times, to expand the horizons and understandings of today’s ‘Nelsons’ who may never have the opportunity Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:43:01 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2150416/War-Under-Sail http://www.scribd.com/doc/2075264/Murrays-ABC-Timetable-Clyde-Steamer-Timetables-Extract-August-1-to-September-4-1966- An 1885 Cover Welcome to this EXTRACT OF CLYDE STEAMER TIMETABLES from MURRAY'S ABC TIME TABLE for August 1st - September 4th, 1966. And, to make better sense of the timetables, both a 1966 calendar AND a set of sun and moon rise and set tables AND tide tables have been extracted too. Murray’s ABC Timetable, perhaps more often referred to as "Murray's Diary", was first published in 1842 and, that ancient stand-by of the travelling public, continued continuously in print until 1966, it's selling price of just one penny remaining unchanged until after World War 2 and, having been increased to Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:48:57 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2075264/Murrays-ABC-Timetable-Clyde-Steamer-Timetables-Extract-August-1-to-September-4-1966- http://www.scribd.com/doc/2075259/Murrays-ABC-Timetable-Diary-August-1-to-September-4-1996 An 1885 Cover Murray’s ABC Timetable, perhaps more often referred to as "Murray's Diary", was first published in 1842 and, that ancient stand-by of the travelling public, continued continuously in print until 1966, it's selling price of just one penny remaining unchanged until after World War 2 and, having been increased to sixpence by the mid-1950's, its final editions were sold at one shilling each. Though the cover of the edition here, for August 1st - September 4th, 1966, almost certaily one of the final editions, has not survived, it was a small purple pocket book, published monthly, to Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:42:10 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2075259/Murrays-ABC-Timetable-Diary-August-1-to-September-4-1996 http://www.scribd.com/doc/2069248/Ships-and-Shipping-Handbook-1903 SHIPS & SHIPPING A HANDBOOK OF POPULAR NAUTICAL INFORMATION; WITH NUMEROUS DIAGRAMS PLANS AND ILLUSTRATIONS EDITED BY FRANCIS MILTOUN ALEXANDER MORING LTD. THE DE LA MORE PRESS 298 REGENT STREET LONDON 1903 1 *PREFACE THIS book has been compiled with the object of providing in a convenient and attractive form nautical information of the kind required by intelligent landsmen whose interest has been raised in the maritime heritage of our empire. Information of this kind has hitherto been almost entirely inaccessible, since it is contained partly in large and cumbrous books of reference, and pa Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:14:49 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2069248/Ships-and-Shipping-Handbook-1903 http://www.scribd.com/doc/2066832/Clyde-Steamers-At-A-Glance-John-Marshall-1948-32pages 1 *2 *3 *4 *5 *6 *7 *8 *9 *10 *11 *12 *13 *14 *15 *16 *17 *18 *19 *20 *21 *22 *23 *24 *25 *26 *27 *28 *29 *30 *31 *32 * Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:18:38 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2066832/Clyde-Steamers-At-A-Glance-John-Marshall-1948-32pages http://www.scribd.com/doc/1482993/Scottish-Tourist-and-Itinerary-1825 This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on library shelves before it was carefully scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world’s books discoverable online. It has survived long enough for the copyright to expire and the book to enter the public domain. A public domain book is one that was never subject to copyright or whose legal copyright term has expired. Whether a book is in the public domain may vary country to country. Public domain books are our gateways to the past, representing a wealth of history, culture and knowledge that’s often difficu Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:39:23 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/1482993/Scottish-Tourist-and-Itinerary-1825 http://www.scribd.com/doc/1461239/Edwardian-Steamer-Timetable-A4-Booklet 1 *This unique 'composite' collection of timetables gives an overall view of the summer sailings of the Clyde Steamers at the beginning of the 20th century and encourages the reader to explore The Clyde from the comfort of home. Travel back in time to the 'Age of Steam' and 'integrated transport'. Donald Kelly, Muasdale, Kintyre, 2006. Contents Outward Timetables - Mondays to Saturdays - No Sunday Sailings Inward Timetable - Mondays to Saturdays - No Sunday Sailings 4 9 15 16 - 25 26 The 'Edwardian' Clyde Steamer Fleet of 1901 Clyde Steamer Photographs The New Turbine Steamer "King Edward" Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:07:53 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/1461239/Edwardian-Steamer-Timetable-A4-Booklet http://www.scribd.com/doc/1423575/Clyde-Steamer-Enthusiasts-Guide-A A CLYDE STEAMER GUI ENTHUSIAST‘S DE © 2004 P Donald M. Kelly . The right of P. Donald M. Kelly to be identified as Author of this book is hereby identified by him in accordance with The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. P Donald M. Kelly . © 2004 P Donald M. Kelly . i *now has pride of place in Armitage Shanks historic collection in Staffordshire. Introduction “There is an immense conversation in the sea” (The 8th Duke of Argyll) T he beginning of the end of the Clyde Steamer excursion services began at the end of the 1964 summer season when both the turbine-driv Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:16:40 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/1423575/Clyde-Steamer-Enthusiasts-Guide-A http://www.scribd.com/doc/1420841/Steamboats-Hudson-River-from-1786 ****THE GRAFTON HISTORICAL SERIES Edited by HENRY R. STILES, A.M., M.D *The Grafton Historical Series Edited by HenryR. Stiles A.M., M.D. 12mo. Cloth, gilt top In Olde Connecticut By Charles Burr Todd Historic Frontispiece, $1.25 net (postage lOc.) Hadley Illustrated, $1.00 net (postage lOc.) By Alice Morehouse Walker King Philip's War By George W. Ellis and John E. Morris Illustrated, $2.00 net (postage 15c.) Illustrated, $1.50 net (postage lOc.) In Olde Massachusetts By Charles Burr Todd Mattapoisett and Old Rochester, Massachusetts Prepared under the direction of a Committee of Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:46:02 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/1420841/Steamboats-Hudson-River-from-1786 http://www.scribd.com/doc/1417640/Concertina-Life-and-Times-of-365Pages The Life and Times of the Concertina: the adoption and usage of a novel musical instrument with particular reference to Scotland Stuart Eydmann The Open University 1995 Supervisors: Dr Peter Cooke & Dr Richard Middleton http://www.concertina.com/eydmann August, 2005 **1 Introduction Background I first became interested in the concertina during the early 1970s when I acquired a second-hand instrument from a Glasgow music dealer and taught myself to play Scottish dance music on it. A number of local folk revival players, competitions at music festivals and authoritative performances and gram Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:16:03 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/1417640/Concertina-Life-and-Times-of-365Pages http://www.scribd.com/doc/1414895/Concertina-Clyde-Steamers-Willie-Smith-Greenock-Photos-Music 7 The Concertina in the Music Hall and Variety Theatre Introduction Mid-nineteenth century urban Britain witnessed the emergence of the music hall as a major cultural institution. The music halls offered a varied programme of acts to a mainly working and lower middle-class audience which benefitted from increased leisure time and income available for disposal on entertainment. In many respects, the music hall represented “the decline of folk amateurism and collectivity”484 and was the prime example of the “expansion, diversification and nationalisation”485 of popular music in the indus Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:35:23 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/1414895/Concertina-Clyde-Steamers-Willie-Smith-Greenock-Photos-Music http://www.scribd.com/doc/1413882/Lumsden-and-Sons-Steam-Boat-Companion This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on library shelves before it was carefully scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world’s books discoverable online. It has survived long enough for the copyright to expire and the book to enter the public domain. A public domain book is one that was never subject to copyright or whose legal copyright term has expired. Whether a book is in the public domain may vary country to country. Public domain books are our gateways to the past, representing a wealth of history, culture and knowledge that’s often difficu Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:57:05 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/1413882/Lumsden-and-Sons-Steam-Boat-Companion http://www.scribd.com/doc/1412977/Clyde-Passenger-Steamer-Capt-James-Williamson-1904-408Pages **\Jt & **The Clyde Passenger Steamer *PUBLISHED BY JAMES MACLEHOSE AND SONS, GLASGOW ^publishers to the tlmbersitt). MACMILLAN AND CO., LTD., LONDON. The Macmillan Co. New York, London, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Sydney, - - Simpkin, Hamilton ami Co. Macmillan and Bowes. - - Douglas and Foulis. Angus and Robertson. MCMIV. **WILLIAM DENNY *The Clyde Passenger Steamer Its T^ise and 'Progress during the {Nineteenth Century From * the 'Comet' of 1812 to the King Edward' of 1901 By Captain James Williamson, * // c>P Glasgow James MacLehose and Sons Publishers to the Universi Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:17:16 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/1412977/Clyde-Passenger-Steamer-Capt-James-Williamson-1904-408Pages