Donald Meek’s ‘enthralling’ talk on McCallum & Orme
Professor Donald Meek’s talk to the February CRSC gathering at Jurys Inn was by turns erudite, inspiring, witty..
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Extracts from ‘The Log Line’
Colin Tucker unearths some little known stories about the steamers of Scotland’s west coast. Recently I was given..
❯ Read MoreA summer in Skye
David Parsons recalls a time and place when the sun always shone — or so the memories of..
❯ Read MoreHiking up to Hutcheson
Returning to Kerrera in search of the perfect ferry photograph, Lawrence Macduff advises that, ‘if you are going..
❯ Read MorePhoto of the month: January 2019
John Lightbody prefers taking photographs of CalMac ferries that place them in the context of the glorious landscape..
❯ Read MoreMore Gleanings from the ‘Highland News’
In this second instalment of west highland newspaper extracts from more than a century ago, Colin Tucker applauds..
❯ Read MoreAn absorbing, thrilling cruise Round Ailsa Craig
Judging by its ambitious and imaginative Ailsa Craig charter of MV Isle of Arran, CRSC is aiming at..
❯ Read MoreAll tickets please (11)
Of all the tickets Eric Schofield has preserved and displayed in this series, those he collected in September..
❯ Read MoreThe NorthLink Operation
For many a year CRSC has enticed leading representatives of the shipping industry to come and entertain our..
❯ Read MoreCruise Round Ailsa Craig – CHANGE OF DATE
Due to factors beyond CRSC’s control , we are having to postpone the Ailsa Craig charter of MV..
❯ Read MoreInterview: Alex Forrest
At 30 years of age Alex Forrest became Chief Engineer of a 30,000-ton tanker on the Pacific Ocean…
❯ Read MoreHIGHLIGHTS OF 2018 captured on CRSC media
During the past 12 months many of CRSC’s members and friends generously shared their photographs on our website..
❯ Read MoreNew Year Cruise Round Ailsa Craig
CRSC is chartering MV Isle of Arran for a unique cruise Round Ailsa Craig on Saturday 12 January 2019. Advance booking..
❯ Read MoreOn the Spot: Ken Mills
Kennedy (Ken) Mills has been a well-kent presence around all matters connected with CRSC for more years than..
❯ Read MoreHeydays at Stranraer
One of the benefits of CRSC membership is being able to come to winter meetings in the knowledge..
❯ Read MoreCRSC QUIZ
Here’s a bit of Christmas fun for you — a multiple-choice quiz on the theme of Clyde steamers and..
❯ Read MoreRemembering Tom Urie
CRSC’s recent film night was a reminder that moving images bequeathed by a previous generation of enthusiasts are..
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For the latest in his series inspired by tickets he has preserved, Eric Schofield visits Northern Ireland, finding..
❯ Read MorePhoto of the month: December 2018
The last ship to be launched from the Clyde shipyard of A. & J. Inglis, builder of Waverley..
❯ Read MoreCunard Then And Now
Colin J. Smith, recently returned from a cruise in the Mediterranean, says the 21st century Cunard experience upholds..
❯ Read MoreThe Delights of Dunskeig
In 1981 Lawrence Macduff made his first ascent of Dunskeig, the hill that dominates the entrance to West..
❯ Read MoreA Model Presentation
Museum curators don’t normally top the list of ‘must have’ guest speakers, but CRSC had received a tip-off..
❯ Read MorePhoto of the month: November 2018
As a Post Office manager at Largs earlier in his career, Jim McMath would occasionally make the ferry..
❯ Read MoreOn the Spot: Walter Bowie
Walter is a well kent face within the steamer fraternity and far beyond. After his debut as Assistant Purser on..
❯ Read MoreAll tickets please (9)
A simple paper ticket for an everyday journey can sometimes assume deeper significance when the story behind it..
❯ Read MoreHebridean Sun + CalMac Pride + Shared Interest = Happiness
CRSC’s excursion to Islay on 27 October 2018 was a succession of thrills — five ferries, glorious weather, spectacular..
❯ Read MoreWhat one does for the love of a steamer photo
In the latest chapter of his ‘Confessions of a cameraman’, Lawrence Macduff recalls the extremes to which he..
❯ Read MoreFab photo donations for benefit of CRSC members
Four remarkable collections of ship photographs have been donated to CRSC in recent weeks, covering scenes across the..
❯ Read MoreJapanese tip for CalMac: no lounge seats and ‘Do not take off clothes’
More accustomed to crossing the Minch on Hebrides and Loch Seaforth, Colin Tucker recently sampled some of the..
❯ Read More‘I was Fergie’s Mate on the ‘Hamilton’ ’
A Scot who emigrated to Canada in the mid 1960s, Andy Logan had a distinguished career on deep..
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