The "Vital Spark" on Youtube (Think Fawlty Towers at sea)

Sonarman · 03-07-08, 05:18 PM

Just noticed one of my favourite TV shows from my youth has appeared on YouTube a fantastic BBC Scotland comedy series from the 1970's about a Clyde puffer (small Scottish cargo boat) and her crew. Check it out it's still very funny I particularly recommend the "The Quarrel" & "The Wedding" episodes

Sailor Steve · 03-07-08, 07:29 PM

Funny stuff! I love seeing the boat, because in all the convoy research I've done I've found that there were many little cargo boats in cross-Channel convoys that looked just like that one; some as small as 300 tons.

Great stuff!

Sonarman · 03-07-08, 08:01 PM

Glad you liked it. Hopefully it will also bring back memories for some of the guys here who served in US Subs at the Holy Loch Base as many of the outdoor scenes were filmed around that area. And the Royal navy guys will probably recognise the Isle of Arran very well in the "Wedding" episode, that's where the RN conducted their infamous "Perisher " sub command training course.

03-07-08, 05:18 PM	#1
Sonarman The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ayr,Scotland,UK Posts: 1,382 Downloads: 79 Uploads: 0	The "Vital Spark" on Youtube (Think Fawlty Towers at sea) Just noticed one of my favourite TV shows from my youth has appeared on YouTube a fantastic BBC Scotland comedy series from the 1970's about a Clyde puffer (small Scottish cargo boat) and her crew. Check it out it's still very funny I particularly recommend the "The Quarrel" & "The Wedding" episodes __________________ "The action is simulated...the excitement is real!" Microprose Simulation Software. Last edited by Sonarman; 03-07-08 at 05:29 PM.

03-07-08, 07:29 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Funny stuff! I love seeing the boat, because in all the convoy research I've done I've found that there were many little cargo boats in cross-Channel convoys that looked just like that one; some as small as 300 tons. Great stuff! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-07-08, 08:01 PM	#3
Sonarman The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ayr,Scotland,UK Posts: 1,382 Downloads: 79 Uploads: 0	Glad you liked it. Hopefully it will also bring back memories for some of the guys here who served in US Subs at the Holy Loch Base as many of the outdoor scenes were filmed around that area. And the Royal navy guys will probably recognise the Isle of Arran very well in the "Wedding" episode, that's where the RN conducted their infamous "Perisher " sub command training course. __________________ "The action is simulated...the excitement is real!" Microprose Simulation Software.