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BRITISH PADDLE STEAMERS

Written by Winston Megoran
Published by Amberley Publishing in 2016
ISBN: 9781445653891

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BRITISH PADDLE STEAMERS
Written by Winston Megoran.
Stock no. 2128046
1st. 2016. Softcover. Fine condition.

The Heyday of Excursions and Day Trips. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. 126 pages. ISBN: 9781445653891.

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Front cover

Cover of BRITISH PADDLE STEAMERS by Winston Megoran

Contents

Chapter 1 Development of Excursion Paddle Steamders
Chapter 2 View the Military from Bournmouth, 1899
Chapter 3 All Aboard for Alderney, 1906
Chapter 4 Bristol Channel to the Scilly Isles, 1907
Chapter 5 Edwardian North Wales, Liverpool and Blackpool
Chapter 6 Capt. Shippick Forges New Medway Trips, 1920/30s
Chapter 7 Sussex Coast, 1927
Chapter 8 Scarborough Bust-Up, 1928
Chapter 9 Thames Toffs, 1935
Chapter 10 Torquay Taster, 1936
Chapter 11 Weymouth Full House, 1949
Chapter 12 Paddle-Steamer Economics, Portsmouth Style, 1951
Chapter 13 Bournemouth Mix-Up, 1957
Chapter 14 Jeanie Deans Bows Out, 1964
Chapter 15 Humber Scene, 1965 and Before
Chapter 16 One Paddle Steamer Life: Lord Elgin
Chapter 17 What It Was Like to Be Aboard the Monarch in the 1920s
Chapter 18 What It Was Like to Be Aboard the Consul in 1962/63
Chapter 19 Food and Drink