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Scotland's Vital Spark: The Clyde Puffer (2015x301)


Air date: Dec 14, 2015

David Hayman explores the rich history of one of Scotland's best-loved boats, the Clyde Puffer: meeting the last of the men who worked on them, exploring the communities whose lives they transformed, celebrating their fictional history in the form of the Vital Spark and taking a trip out to sea on the last remaining steam-powered puffer.

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