Published Tempus Publishing, Stroud, 14th March 2000, Hardback ISBN No. 0 7524 1719 3, out of print November 2000. Softback November 2000 ISBN No 0 7524 2104 2.
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To Western Scottish Waters is the first solo authorship full length manuscript from Robert Forsythe to be published. It is a hardback, 160 pages illustrated in monochrome with an additional 14 page colour section. Price is £19.99. The volume mobilises three areas from the extensive collections of Robert and Fiona Forsythe. These include historic postcard views, our own photography from 1973 and, most significantly of all, material from our collection of transport publicity. Much of this is rarely seen nowadays and the selections cover the rail and ship routes encompassing the Firth of Clyde and the Western Isles. Caledonian and Highland Railway guides, the MacBraynes Royal Route, the Skye ferries, the Glen Sannox, Columba and Maid of the Loch, and the West Highland Railway are amongst the themes brought to life via the contemporary material that was employed to sell their charms to prospective customers.
There are many books on the subject but this one offers a novel take. Robert Forsythe is qualified to provide this angle not just through the collections he can access, but through his time as curator to the Scottish Maritime Museum in 1986-1989 and through his qualification in industrial archaeology taken at the Ironbridge Institute, whilst his wife Fiona is a librarian. Appropriately they met in the Denny Ship Model Test Tank at Dumbarton featured in this volume.
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What the reviewers say:
Robert Forsythe's text and captions are readable, detailed and interesting, and the range of publicity and tourist material shown is tremendous. Archive June 2000.
This is an innovative and remarkable book........The book is a splendid and novel look......The overall result is to quote Captain Peter Macfarlane 'chust sublime'. Backtrack July 2000.
Robert Forsythe comes up with gems of wisdom on every page...........in this extremely well researched book which will bring the cries of seagulls to your ears........ Best of British July 2000.
The subject is a fascinating one and this is a book to be dipped into again and again. Readers will be encouraged to re-evaluate the importance of printed publicity material........Ships Monthly August 2000.
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