Ellerman, Clan, Blue Funnel, Palm Line - shipping companies whose ships were a common sight in British ports in the 1960s and 1970s. This book features vessels from these companies and more in a nostalgic look at shipping in the Bristol Channel during those glory years before the widespread growth of containerisation. Tankers, too, are featured along with coasters, dredgers, tugs, ferries and examples of other vessels to be seen at that time.