Delivering the Coal
Watercolour of a Clyde Puffer delivering coal to the highland and islands. The only link between many of the islands and out of the way coastal villages were these small tough little ships. Delivering Food, coal, fuel etc were how they made living even until the late 1900s. Some were converted to diesel, but were fondly still referred to a puffers. There was a tv service about the puffers the ship used was the Vital Spark, captained by Para Handy.
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Paul (Dixie) Dean
I have sketched most of my life on and off I became interested in watercolour following a spinal injury whilst in hospital but did not follow it up. My eldest daughter bought me a beautiful wooden box set of half pans about twenty five years ago I dabbled on and off until retirement twelve years…
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