11th August 1930:
Snowdon
On Monday 11th August 1930 Snowdon was scheduled to leave Llandudno (10.30am) for Beaumaris (11.45am), Bangor (12 noon), Menai Bridge (12.15pm) and Caernarvon (1pm – 3pm) with return to Menai
10th August 1960:
Monarch
On Wednesday 10th August 1960 Monarch was rostered to spend the day on the Bournemouth/Swanage service followed by a non-landing evening cruise to Totland Bay, Isle of Wight. She was
10th August 1962:
Waverley
On Fridays from 6th July to 24th August 1962 Waverley was advertised in the steamer notices to run the “Up River Cruise to Glasgow Viewing the famous shipyards and docks
9th August 1965:
Waverley
On Monday 9th August 1965 Waverley ran aground in Ardrossan Harbour while covering the 07.05 ferry service inward bound from Brodick. This trip was included in Waverley’s weekly roster from
8th August 1952:
Victoria
On Friday 8th August 1952 Cosens’ Victoria was due away from Weymouth (9.30am) for Swanage (12.05pm) and Totland Bay, Isle of Wight (2pm – 4pm) and then back to Swanage
8th August 1955:
Cardiff Queen
On Monday 8th August 1955 Cardiff Queen ran a super long day trip away from Swansea at 8.30am for Ilfracombe 10.30am and then back across the Bristol Channel to Milford
8th-16th August 1976:
A Week in the Life of Balmoral
What was Balmoral — by then the only ship left in the P & A Campbell fleet — doing in August 1976, and how did the weather affect her sailings?
7th August 1963:
Embassy
On Wednesday 7th August 1963 Embassy ran a day trip from Poole via Bournemouth to Yarmouth and Cowes, Isle of Wight. By this stage in her career Embassy had largely
6th August 1914:
Majestic
On Thursday 6th August 1914 Majestic — described by Cosens as “Second to none on the South Coast” — was re‑scheduled to run a day trip from Bournemouth, Boscombe and
5th-11th August 1960:
A Week in the Life of Monarch
Let’s take a snapshot of a week in the life of Cosens’s Monarch running from Bournemouth in August 1960 and see what she was rostered to be up to: Friday
5th August 1963:
Consul
On Monday 5th August Consul was scheduled to run one hour Coastal Cruises from Brighton’s Palace Pier at 11.30am and 2.15pm and a two hour Channel Cruise at 3.30pm before
4th August 1962:
Medway Queen
On Saturday 4th August 1962 Medway Queen was scheduled to run two round trips between Strood and Southend. She was due away from Strood (9.30am) for Southend (11.10am – 11.30am)
4th August 1941:
Lincoln Castle
Unlike her two quasi-sisters Tattershall Castle and Wingfield Castle, which were built fairly locally to Hull at Hartlepool by William Gray & Co, the London and North Eastern Railway ordered
3rd August 1937:
Balmoral
Balmoral spent the night of Tuesday 3rd and into the early morning of Wednesday 4th August 1937 at anchor in thick fog off the Needles with 125 passengers aboard. She
2nd August 1924:
La Marguerite
On Saturday 2nd August 1924 the huge excursion paddle steamer La Marguerite was scheduled to run a day trip leaving Prince’s Landing Stage Liverpool (10.45am) for Llandudno (1.05pm – 1.15pm),
1st August 1936:
London to Shanklin via Brighton
On Saturday 1st August 1936 the Southern Railway and P & A Campbell offered a joint cheap afternoon excursion from London to the Isle of Wight by fast electric train
August 1966:
A Week in the Life of Balmoral
In 1966 we see a changed scene with Red Funnel’s excursion trade in serious decline. The paddle steamer Bournemouth Queen had gone in 1957, Princess Elizabeth in 1959, Medina in
31st July 1939:
Bournemouth
For any who loved paddle steamers, or getting afloat, Bournemouth offered a feast of paddle steamer activity in 1939. On this day Monday 31st July the original schedule was for
30th July 1962:
Consul
On Monday 30th July 1962 my ten year old self took my Auntie Mary, my Dad’s sister, for the morning cruise on Consul leaving Weymouth at 10.30am due back 12.30pm.
31st July 1963:
Embassy
On Wednesday 31st July 1963 Embassy left her overnight berth at Poole at 8.40am for Bournemouth Pier where she arrived at 9.40am in good time to load for her 10.30am