AGM Videos 2024, including Eric Schofield’s ‘More Hebridean Jaunts’
The 2024 Annual General Meeting of the Clyde River Steamer Club was held on 17 April at the..
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CRSC members celebrate launch of MV Glen Rosa
Ship enthusiasts turned out in force to watch the long-awaited launch of Glen Rosa at the yard of..
❯ Read More‘Isle of Arran’ at 40: video of Lawrence Macduff’s presentation
On Wednesday 13 March weel-kent enthusiast Lawrence Macduff gave an enthralling presentation describing one of CalMac’s best-loved ferries,..
❯ Read More‘Four Ships to Remember’ – videos showing all 120 images
Four ships and four speakers added up to an evening to remember for CRSC on Wednesday 14 February..
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This is a ‘Members Only’ post. If you have not yet paid your CRSC subscription for 2023-24, your..
❯ Read MoreUnexpected treasures from the CRSC Collection
This third selection of artefacts and photographs from the CRSC Collection has the same aim as the first..
❯ Read MoreCalMac’s unsung heroes: the ‘Island’ class (3)
In the third instalment of his history of the ‘Island’ class ferries, Lawrence Macduff shows how quickly these..
❯ Read MoreVideo of CMAL presentation (paid-up CRSC members only)
A ‘full house’ of CRSC members welcomed Jim Anderson, CMAL Director of Vessels, and two Technical Managers, Lewis..
❯ Read MoreFrom Ship to Shore: report + video
Graeme Hogg says CRSC’s flitting to a new Glasgow base at the Maldron Hotel has worked out well,..
❯ Read MoreVideo of CRSC presentation on ‘ferry alternatives’
The CRSC presentation by Roy Pedersen and Stuart Ballantyne on 13 September provoked considerable interest within the enthusiast..
❯ Read MorePedersen & Ballantyne: the case for a ferries counter-culture
Some deliberately stayed away. Others were enthralled. Whatever your viewpoint on Scotland’s ferries crisis, the CRSC Zoom presentation..
❯ Read MoreCRSC Reviews 1965-69
The enhanced format of the 1965 CRSC Review — more expansive than its predecessors, properly printed and illustrated..
❯ Read MoreFascinating insights into the Clyde’s late 19th century heyday
Graham Lappin, founder and editor of the Dalmadan website, treated us to a delightfully individualistic survey of Clyde..
❯ Read MoreJohn Goss: the glorious summer of 1976
Photographs taken by John Goss in 1976 remind us that it was one of the hottest summers in..
❯ Read MoreThe G&SW Glen Sannox: Leo Vogt’s CRSC talk of 8/3/1961
On 8 March 1961 Leo Vogt gave a talk about the 1892 Glen Sannox to CRSC members in..
❯ Read MoreCalMac’s unsung heroes: the ‘Island’ class (2)
Lawrence Macduff continues his survey of the ‘Island’ class ferries by examining how these small bow-loading vessels opened..
❯ Read MoreA Complete Photographic Diary of Waverley’s Triumphant West Highland Week 23-29 May 2023
Welcome to our latest ‘Members Only’ post, designed not only to share the experience of Waverley’s 2023 west..
❯ Read MoreDr Joe McKendrick’s 100 best Waverley photos: the early 1980s
The early 1980s found Waverley encompassing a wider geographical range than almost any Clyde steamer before her, a..
❯ Read MoreAGM Videos 2023, including Stuart Craig’s ‘Bear With Me’
CRSC held its 2023 Annual General Meeting at Leonardo Hotel, Glasgow, on 19 April. The proceedings are documented..
❯ Read MoreMore treasures from the CRSC Collection
This second selection of artefacts and photographs from the CRSC Collection has the same aim as the first..
❯ Read MoreIt was 50 years ago today
Early on 22 March 1973 Loch Seaforth struck a rock and was holed in Gunna Sound while on..
❯ Read MoreCalMac’s unsung heroes: the ’Island’ class (1)
To open a series celebrating Caledonian MacBrayne’s 50th anniversary, Lawrence Macduff looks back at the small bow-loading vessels..
❯ Read MoreRecords Old and New: an article written by our founder John Wood for the 1971 edition of ‘Clyde Steamers’
When CRSC founder John Wood set a new record for steamer hopping on the Firth of Clyde in..
❯ Read MoreCRSC Reviews 1953-59
CRSC’s annual Review of west coast shipping, for many years an invaluable and widely respected publication, was first..
❯ Read MoreHIGHLIGHTS of 2022 on CRSC media
If 2023 yields anything like as many eye-grabbing shots as 2022, we are in for a bumper harvest,..
❯ Read MoreTreasures from the CRSC Collection
Over the past 50 years and more, CRSC has amassed a collection of artefacts, memorabilia and photographs relating..
❯ Read MoreCaptain John Gillies: video of his CRSC presentation
On Wednesday 9 November Captain John Gillies gave an enthralling presentation to CRSC at Jurys Inn, Glasgow, titled..
❯ Read More90th anniversary dip — video of all 150 images
Roy Paterson’s Zoom presentation on 14 September, titled A 90th Anniversary dip into the digital archive, delighted everyone..
❯ Read More‘Stromier & Vogt, Co-Creators of a Club Culture’: report + video
To many in the enthusiast community, the names of George Stromier and Leo Vogt are familiar as luminaries..
❯ Read MoreDr Joe McKendrick’s 100 best Waverley photos: the 1970s
No enthusiast documented Waverley’s early preservation years as assiduously as Dr Joe McKendrick (1949-2012). His slide collection, which..
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