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Some of the “Shipyard” participants at our TSC session at Campbeltown Town Hall, 5th August 2019. Photo courtesy of Jan Nimmo. Hi folks, I just want to say a big thank you to everyone who came along the session that we held at Campbeltown Town Hall on Monday 5th…
6-8 pm Monday 5th August 2019 Campbeltown Town Hall, 54 Main Street, Campbeltown Anyone with a connection to Campbeltown Shipyard welcome. Related Images: Related posts: Second TSC archive session at Campbeltown Town Hall Some of the “Shipyard” participants at our TSC session… Final Top Skippers’ Choice Session – 14th…
Campbeltown Shipyard – Photo courtesy of Bobby Wylie. Hi Folks, Stuart Mack of McDuffs Shipyard Ltd, who is based at the McDuff’s shipyard in Buckie, has been in touch to say they that have an archive of Campbeltown Shipyard drawings and calculations. I, for one, was very excited to hear…
It was an absolute pleasure to meet skippers, Colin Murray (Arktos II KY129, Yard No. 45) and Ronnie Hughes (Mairead KY150, Yard No. 50) earlier today at the The Scottish Fisheries Museum. Both men come from a long line of fishing families. I’m really grateful to David Tod, skipper of the…
L-R Iain Munro (son of John Munro), Danny Cassidy, Adam McClelland, Jim Smith, Billy McLean, Davy Howell, Davy Anderson, Kenny McMillan, George Nelson, Billy Galbraith, Jock Kerr, Iain McCallum, John Campbell, Peter McCallum and Bobby Wylie. Photo courtesy of Jan Nimmo. We’d like to thank everyone who came along to…
Nowadays it’s hard to imagine that Trench Point in Campbeltown was home to a thriving shipbuilding industry that dates from 1712. The last yard on the site was Campbeltown Shipyard Ltd, which over the span of its 27 year lifetime employed more than 250 people who, as a team, built…
David Tod, skipper and designer of St Andrian Ky 245 (Yard No. 2) built at Campbeltown Shipyard in 1970. Photo courtesy of Jan Nimmo. It was an absolute pleasure to meet skippers, David Tod and David Smith, yesterday at the Scottish Fisheries Museum in Anstruther. David Tod is pictured above…
A big thank you to all the folks in Campbeltown who gave up their time last week for a chat: Cecil Finn, whose steel boat, the Gleaner CN 284, is part of the story of the link between Thames Launch Works on Eel Pie Island, Twickenham and the Thames Campbeltown…
Peter Drummond and Sam Henderson. Photo courtesy of Jan Nimmo Yesterday I met with Peter Drummond and Sam Henderson, authors of Fishing Boats of Campbeltown Shipyard (Published by The History Press IBSN 978 0 7524 4765 00). They are both passionate and knowledgeable about the world of Scottish fishing. They…
Top Skippers’ Choice Drop-in Session – Poster: Jan Nimmo Hi Folks, We are organising the first of three drop-in sessions for Top Skippers’ Choice: The Story of Campbeltown Shipyard Ltd, for 1st July 2019, at Campbeltown Town Hall, 56 Main Street, Campbeltown, between 6-8pm . If you have a story…
