TS Queen Mary in 1969

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1969 BASIC ROSTER : Taken from the Caledonian Steam Packet Co timetables by Gordon Stewart

In 1969, Queen Mary was still the "All the Way" boat, running from Glasgow, just as she had done for Williamson-Buchanan Steamers in 1933, her maiden season.

On weekends, she began her cruises at Gourock, the main base of the Caledonian Steam Packet Company and operated further afield than her weekday crise to the Kyles of Bute with time ashore at Tighnabruaich.

On Sundays she sailed around Bute, outward via Garroch Head and back via the Kyles but without calling at Tighnabruaich. Saturdays alternated between another trip round Bute, this time outward via the Kyles and extending the cruise to Tarbert Bay at the entrance to Loch Fyne, and the cruise around Ailsa Craig, far out in the Firth beyond Ayr.

The CSP used a photo of Queen Mary on the front of their leaflets - this one was on the leaflet giving times and prices of steamer services from Wemyss Bay, Largs, Fairlie and Millport.

The fare for the cruise to Tarbert Bay from Largs was 10/6 ( 52.5 pence in today's money) and 12/6 (62.5 pence) for the Ailsa Craig trip.

Time:	Mondays	Tuesdays	Wednesdays	Thursdays	Fridays	Saturdays *	Saturdays **	Sundays

10:40						Gourock	Gourock
11:00	Glasgow	Glasgow	Glasgow	Glasgow	Glasgow	Dunoon
11:15
11:30
11:45						Wemyss Bay	Wemyss Bay
12:00
12:15
12:30						Rothesay	Rothesay
12:45
13:00	Gourock	Gourock	Gourock	Gourock	Gourock			Gourock
13:15						Gourock	Gourock
13:30	Dunoon	Dunoon	Dunoon	Dunoon	Dunoon	Gourock	Gourock	Dunoon
13:45						Gourock	Gourock
14:00	Rothesay	Rothesay	Rothesay	Rothesay	Rothesay	Gourock	Gourock	Rothesay
14:15
14:30						Dunoon	Dunoon
14:45	Tighnabruaich	Tighnabruaich	Tighnabruaich	Tighnabruaich	Tighnabruaich
15:00	Tighnabruaich	Tighnabruaich	Tighnabruaich	Tighnabruaich	Tighnabruaich	Largs	Largs	Largs
15:15	Tighnabruaich	Tighnabruaich	Tighnabruaich	Tighnabruaich	Tighnabruaich	Keppel
15:30	Tighnabruaich	Tighnabruaich	Tighnabruaich	Tighnabruaich	Tighnabruaich		Rothesay	(Garroch Head)
15:45	Tighnabruaich	Tighnabruaich	Tighnabruaich	Tighnabruaich	Tighnabruaich
16:00	Tighnabruaich	Tighnabruaich	Tighnabruaich	Tighnabruaich	Tighnabruaich
16:15							(Kyles of Bute)
16:30
16:45	Rothesay	Rothesay	Rothesay	Rothesay	Rothesay			(Kyles of Bute)
17:00							(Tarbert Bay)
17:15	Dunoon	Dunoon	Dunoon	Dunoon	Dunoon	(Ailsa Craig)		Rothesay
17:30
17:45	Gourock	Gourock	Gourock	Gourock	Gourock		(Garroch Head)	Dunoon
18:00
18:15							Largs	Gourock
18:30
18:45							Rothesay
19:00
19:15						Keppel
19:30
19:45	Glasgow	Glasgow	Glasgow	Glasgow	Glasgow		Dunoon
20:00
20:15						Dunoon	Gourock
20:30
20:45						Gourock

* Saturdays : 28/6, 12/7, 26/7, 9/8 and 23/8 : Cruise around Ailsa Craig
** Saturdays : 5/7, 19/7, 2/8, 16/8 Cruise to Tarbert Bay, outward via Kyles of Bute, return via Garroch Head : ie around Bute anti-clockwise
Sunday cruise around Bute in clockwise direction

Locations bracketed and in italics : Cruise destination - no landing

Timings approximate

Thanks to Donald Kelly for advising the non-timetabled regular relief sailings on Saturday late morning / early afternoon

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