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Craigendoran Station1226 viewsA Tucks oilette postcard of Craigendoran Station with a train coming into the station. The station and steamer terminal opened for business under the North British Railway on May 15 1882, and steamer services were finally withdrawn in 1972. The piers have since become derelict, and on the firth side of the line the station buildings are long gone. Post-dated June 3 1907 to New York, the card has an American one cent stamp on it.
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Whistlefield1210 viewsA view of Loch Long and Loch Goil with Whistlefield and its station in the foreground.
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Lounge1200 viewsOne of two lounges at Shandon Hydropathic Hotel. Originally West Shandon, this magnificent building was the home of Robert Napier, the greatest figure in Clyde shipbuilding and marine engineering in the mid-19th century. During World War One the Hydro became a hospital, and in World War Two it was used by the army. In 1951 it became a hotel again, but in 1957 it was closed and demolished.
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Sinclair Street looking north1192 viewsTaken at the junction of Sinclair Street and Clyde Street around 1927.
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West Clyde Street looking east1183 viewsLooking east along West Clyde Street.
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The Band Stand1180 viewsThe Breingan Band Stand which stood on Helensburgh seafront opposite the Imperial Hotel features on this old postcard. Image date unknown.
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Pine Wood1176 viewsEntrance to Pine Wood, The Highlandman's Road. Postcard dated 1891.
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Rosneath Peninsula1153 viewsThis postcard was sent on April 22 1905 to Miss Edith Suckling, of Glenelg, Helensburgh, by someone called Campbell. On the front is written: “Having a fine day here, but awfully bothered with showers.†It shows the Edwin Lutyens-designed Ferry Inn, commissioned by Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Louise in the 1890s and rebuilt from an old pub. Bob Hope stayed there while entertaining troops at the nearby World War Two naval base. It fell into disuse, but was rebuilt again in the late 1950s by boatbuilder Peter Boyle.
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Helensburgh, Looking East1149 viewsTaken from the pier.
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Rest Cure1136 viewsA novelty card sent by Auntie Ida in Ardenconnel, Rhu, to her niece Joan Walters in Bowdon, a village in Trafford, Manchester. Date unknown.
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West Clyde Street1131 viewsTaken from almost at the junction of William Street and West Clyde Street.
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Shandon Pier1118 views
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