By Andrew Gladwell

All around the coast of Britain, in the years after 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, Cosens of Weymouth, Caledonian Steam Packet Company, General Steam Navigation and others disappeared or scaled down their operations as people left the steamers for package holidays abroad and 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

To buy a signed copy of this book please make a cheque payable to 'Andrew Gladwell' for £14.50 (includes postage & packing) and send to: Andrew Gladwell, 31 Meadow Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 7LR