Thames Pleasure Steamers from 1945

Transport
Andrew Gladwell
Tempus 2001
Paperback 128 pages Illustrated 
0752423517 | 9780752423517 |  Product code: 89067  
According to George Bernard Shaw, 'life on board a pleasure steamer violates every moral and physical condition of healthy life except fresh air'. But to a generation of Londoners it simply meant transport to the coast for a holiday. This nostalgic study of Thames steamers from 1945 to 2003 covers vessels grand and humble, and includes over 200 photographs, along with timetables and party menus from an era in which guests could expect half a lobster in a shell for 7d.
 
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