Sadly, we have been informed that long term supporter and volunteer Mike Johnson passed away on 30th July following a heart attack a few days before. We send our sincere condolences to his family and friends. Mike was an electrician and did fantastic work with the team, with fellow electrician Ken, who was ably assisted by his wife Frankie, when the ship was at Damhead Creek.

Mike also wrote a great book, of which we still have copies, about the ship at the creek, through to dismantling and thence to the shipyard. Again, sure friends join me in sending our condolences and thoughts to his wife, Kathy, and all his family and friends.

John Kempton (Hon. Chairman MQPS)

The book is A4 format, soft cover, with 100 pages including the cover sides. The content is photo-rich and covers existing paddlers in Great Britain, Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway/Sweden, Switzerland and Eastern Europe.PS Medway Queen is included, of course, with historic and recent photographs of the ship. At just £6-95 these books are incredibly good value.

The books are priced at only £6-95 each and UK large letter P&P is only £2 per order. However many you buy P&P will only be £2. You can order by post or by Email/Paypal from [email protected]  For overseas postage charges (at cost) email  as above. To order by post please send your (UK bank) cheque  payable to "R Halton" to us at 2 Drury Close, Hook, Wootton Bassett, SN4 8EL.