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1930s Rhu Primary School girls559 viewsIsobel Macdonald is in the middle of the front row. Other names would be welcomed. Image supplied by Liz Sutherland.
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News by postcard553 viewsThe February 13 1907 front page of the Helensburgh and Gareloch Times weekly newspaper featured on a promotional postcard.
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Relaxing on seafront550 viewsA 1912 image showing two ladies with hats relaxing on the west esplanade near the pier.
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541 viewsMaggie Hamilton, by her husband James Nisbet Paterson. Copyright the Anderson (Local Collection) Trust.
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Pier walkers539 viewsA 1940s image of Helensburgh pier and the outdoor swimming pool.
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Princess Margaret in Burgh538 viewsPrincess Margaret visited the town to open the former Old Parish Church on Helensburgh seafront in its new incarnation as a Church of Scotland hostel for servicemen and women on March 29 1959.
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Pre-1802 Rosneath Castle535 viewsAn illustration by Alex McGibbon of the original castle, which comes from W.C.Maughan’s ‘Rosneath Past and Present’, written in 1893. It was burnt down in 1802, and replaced in 1806 by London architect Joseph Bonomi with a neo-classical mansion.
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Highland Games534 viewsAn antique stereo image showing dancers competing in the Highland Fling at Helensburgh Highland Games in the field in front of Ardencaple Castle, c.1890.
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Mystery House532 viewsA July 1905 image which shows Mrs Smith and her dog Top outside their house, possibly at Portincaple. More information welcome.
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Planting season529 viewsPhotograph taken c.1913 probably by keen amateur photographer Robert Thorburn, a Helensburgh grocery store manager. It shows planting on Duirlands Farm, Glen Fruin. Image supplied by David Clark from a collection of glass slides.
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Passion for chess528 viewsBonar Law was a great chess enthusiast, and was a highly rated player. He is pictured here at the London International Chess Congress in July and August of 1922 with the Mayor of Westminster, a few weeks before he became Prime Minister. The players were José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera, world champion in 1922, (left) and Machgielis Euwe. known to all as Max. Photo by courtesy of the Chess Scotland History Archive at www.chessscotland.com/documents/history/latest_additions.htm.
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