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A newspaper cutting that helped to start the PSPS Medway Queen withdrawn during the early days of the PSPS Alumchine - the steamer that the PSPS tried to acquire during its early years PSPS members at Margate in 1964 Charter of the Consul by the PSPS in 1961 PSPS Blackheath Model Rally in 1962 The PSPS charter of Princess Elizabeth to Torquay in 1965 A typical PSPS 'Nutter'
Committee members admiring a model paddle steamer in 1964 Letter from the PSPS patron - Sir John Betjeman Charter of the Bristol Queen to Tenby by the PSPS in 1967 Kingswear castle laid up on the River dart in Devon prior to purchase by the PSPS for £600 Kingswear Castle undergoing restoration at medway Bridge Marina during the 1970s Consul in the Upper Pool of London in 1963 Waverley on a PSPS charter during the early 1970s Waverley is sold to the PSPS for £1!
watch film of Waverley's first visit to London in 1978 The four PSPS members that travelled south with Waverley in 1978 Menu for the 25th Birthday dinner in 1984 Bernard Cox hands the plaque from the Freshwater to PSPS founder Alan Robinson at the Savoy Hotel in 1980 Menu from the 21st Birthday Dinner at the Savoy Hotel in 1980 Douglas McGowan, Johnathan Cohen and Pat Bushell at the Savoy in 1980 Balmoral departing from Great Yarmouth in 2003 Waverley and Kingswear Castle during the 'Grand Parade of Steam' in 1985

PSPS Meeting at Margate, 1964
PSPS members at a meeting in Margate Town Hall in 1964
Arthur Rickner - an early PSPS member Early Paddle Steamer Preservation Society Members at Margate

The London & Home Counties branch of the Society was one of the most active during the early days of the Society. A particular strength of the branch was its concern with the preservation of the heritage of paddle steamers. One of the core aims of the Society to this day is to preserve the heritage of paddle steamers and to educate the public about them.

The above photograph shows early members of the Society at a meeting held at Margate Town Hall in 1964 to promote the tradition of paddle steamers and to encourage people to cruise on the remaining ones at that time. Harold Collard Stone, an early member is standing on the extreme left.

The Society has collected a great deal of heritage material from famous paddle and pleasure steamers over the years and two of these items can be seen in this photograph. On the desk is a steward's bell from the Clacton Belle and on the wall is the house flag of the Medway Queen flown on her last public cruise in 1963. Both of these objects are now in the PSPS Collection.

 

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