ARCHIVE FILM MEMORIES

Clyde Puffer Memories (55-mins) (DVD-R)

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Of all the vessels that have worked in British coastal waters no type was better loved than the Clyde Puffer steam coasters which could carry 100 tons of cargo. Millions laughed at the antics of skipper Para Handy and the indomitable crew of the Vital Spark as portrayed on BBC television. For more than a century the sturdy little vessels, miniature bulk carriers of coal, sand, granite chips, grain and like cargoes, were familiar craft on Clyde, West Highland and other Scottish coastal waters. They entered nooks and crannies where no other vessels would, or dared not go. They went to remote places amongst the lochs and islands where the visit of the puffer provided the sole link with the outside world. Lack of pier was no obstacle to the puffer. Her crew would beach her, unload the cargo on the sand and sail way on the next tide!

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