I went on holiday as a boy in the 1960s to Rothesay with my parents, grandparents, brothers & sister on the Waverley, which made a stopover at Wemyss Bay! (It's to bad the boat didn't fly a SCOTTISH flag instead of that English red rag.)
Brilliant film really capturing the atmosphere. Went on Queen Mary and my Dad got me into the engine room, he was ex Navy. Great experience for a young lad about nine.
What an amazing clip. I often read about those great Clyde Steamers and just wish I was born a few years earlier as they were extremely handsome ships. Almost like mini ocean liners. Thanks for posting
Seems a very high quality conversin to digital, how did you do it? I have the Cardiff queen picking up and dropping pilots on the way to the isles of Scilly. The commercial company I used had too many blocky artifacts. Yours doesn't.
I can’t get over how good their tree ferns are looking - in March! Mine are brown tatters! Thanks for sharing, it’s on my list of places to visit. Anyway, I’ve just subscribed and look forward to seeing more of your videos. I have a gardening channel too that you might like - check it out!
Great video. I can see my father who was Chief Engineer on the Caledonia from around 1954 until she was withdrawn in 1969. Shortly afterwards, when the Chief on the Waverley retired, my father was asked to become her Chief, and was so until she was sold to the Trust for £1. I spent two wonderful summer seasons working as Deck Boy on the fabulous Duchess of Hamilton. Thanks for the memories.
Lovely. And all those steamers, a shame they are not still around. Thanks for keeping them on film. Long will they be remembered with their many passengers. Happy days. Many thanks. Rmb5*
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Thanks for sharing your home movies, we moved to Dunoon in 1964 when I was twelve. The pier and the games was really something , the summers during the 60s were so full of life, good times.
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Do you know where the original footage for this is located? My grandfather, who passed away many years ago, was chief engineer on the one of the steamships and my father reckons you can see him on deck shortly before the 8 minute mark.
I have thurly enjoyed this great video, what a thrill to see some of🎉 these old Clyde river steamers & only the Waverley remains, so thanks for posting this video of these great steamer s
I was in Oban High School at the time, and the old King George had finished her season for tourists to cruise. We could hear her blowing her horn all the way down the Sound of Kerrera, as she left for Greenock till next year's tourists arrived. She was a lovely ship, and had gone to Dunkirk during the WW2, to take the troops back to England, with the German army hard on their heels.
Great film of that period. Saw the Waverley calling in at Whitstable 3 weeks ago! Once went to Tighnabruach in 1960 on the Talisman from Gourock, when on a school holiday to Scotland from London. I can also recall seeing the trams in Glasgow. I was 11 at the time, but that trip has always stayed with me as the best day of the holiday! Coincidentally my first job when leaving school was in the Marine Dept of the old Board of Trade and my role was typing and sending out of these ships' annual passenger certificates renewals.
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What a wonderful tourist attraction this would be if there was daily steam paddleboat ferry plying this route from Easter to October. Funny to think that such services were once very common along the South Coast - some of the paddleboats even did day trips to France. Several even helped evacuate Dunkirk in 1940.
Really fantastic footage here, and great soundscape what mic(s) are you using? Sounds great. Love your angles, movements, views, 120 fps on the paddle wheel. Overall, it was very nice indeed. If you're back down this way, let me know. I'll get some drone work in.
An absolutely amazing video, brought me back to my childhood memories of holidays in Lochranza and Oban. I sailed to Campbeltown on the Duchess of Hamilton, sailed on the King George V from Oban, and once when she worked a season on the Clyde. Also on the Queen Mary 2nd and Waverley. I've sailed on Waverley recently and hope to sail on Queen Mary when she's restored. And hopefully on the Maid of the Loch too.
Wonderful to see Waverley, Columba, etc here. So many memories. I especially enjoyed seeing KGV on the Sacred Isles tour, which I did on her from Oban with my parents and brother. How lucky are we to still have Waverley to sail on? Thanks so much for posting this. I was a teenager again, not an OAP!
Welshman here, never been to Scotland but very familiar with those wonderful ships! Up until the early 2000s and for about 30 years, every summer my folks, their friends and neighbours from Swansea, Wales, would take either the Balmoral or the Waverley over to Ilfracombe, Devon, for a wonderful summer's day out. I believe it still runs, both vessels being refurbished I believe although sadly, my folks and friends have now departed and I now live in S.E Asia. Wonderful memories of lovely summer days, all through the 70s, 80s and 90s. Thanks for the upload, lovely footage of noble vehicles.
