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Thanks to Jenny from Mull who gave a comment on my puffer blogs.I am delighted that her elderly father got much pleasure from having them read to him, and good memories of the past.
A little extra regarding puffers:
I understnd that they were first used by the Navy as supply carriers for their ships.Their potential as freighters, especially on the Scottish westcoast, became a possibility.
I suppose that steam puffer started on the western seaways at the turn of the last century, to disappear by the late 50's.
Neil Munro the author put these boats on the map in a very definate way with his Para Handy tales.
The diesel engined boat must have come in to being about the time of the 2'nd world war, and continued till about the 80's.The only names I remember are the "Halcyon"and the "Piobroch," Although the former was a converted Thames barge, she was accepted as a fully flegded puffer in the trade. The "Piobroch"on the other hand was very up to date boat altough with the traditional puffer lines.
These days are now over,and are lost in the past as regards the transport of heavy materials.








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