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Andrew has written three books for Tempus Publishing on paddle and pleasure steamers and is currently working on his next book that will look at the pleasure steamers of the Thames and Medway from the 1930s onwards. Contact Andrew if you might have material that could be used in this new book of if you would like to receive advance notification of publication. |
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Thames Pleasure Steamers from 1945 by Andrew Gladwell To a generation of Londoners, the trip aboard a paddle steamer to the seaside was a traditional and essential part of summer life. By the 1930s sleek new pleasure steamers, luxuriously appointed and reflecting the new age, were being introduced to gradually replace the older paddle steamers. But from the 1950s onwards, many of the old paddle steamers made their way, not down river with a happy complement of passengers, but to the breaker's yard to be quickly scrapped. An era was slowly disappearing. This book looks at those final years of the General Steam Navigation Company as well as looking at some of the other steamers that plied the London River. ISBN 0 7524 2351 7, 128 pages, softback. |
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Paddle Steamers - A Photographic Legacy By Andrew Gladwell All around the coast of Britain, in the years aftr the end of the Second World war, the paddle steamer was disappearing. A trip 'doon the watter' no longer held the appeal it did in the more innocent pre-war period. Famous names such as P&A Campbell's White Funnel Fleet, Red Funnel, Cosen's of Weymouth, Caledonian Steam Packet Company, General Steam Navigation and others disappeared or scaled down their operations as peole left the steamers for package holidays abroadand the new thrill of a journey by car. This book takes a look at that fondly remembered old paddle steamers as seen through many remarkable and nostalgic photographs and items of ephemera. ISBN 0 7524 2395 9, 128 pages, softback |
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Lancashire Coast Pleasure Steamers by Andrew Gladwell The paddle and pleasure steamer services from the Lancashire coast were short lived. They served some of the most spectacular areas of the UK with cruises operating to the Isle of Man, Lake District and North Wales as well as the thriving Victorian pleasure resorts of Blackpool, Southport and Lalandudno. Cruises to and from these resorts provided 'Wakes Week' passengers with the thrill of a sea trip in often lively seas to visit places far removed from their year-long working lives in the mills of Lancashire and Yorkshire. This book looks at such splendid steamers such as Greyhound, Queen of the North and Belle and concentrates on the popular North Pier Steamship Company of Blackpool as well as the Furness Railway steamers. This fascinating story is seen through countless evocative photographs and ephemera. ISBN 0752 428047,128 pages, softback |
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