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Tom Guthrie's seaplane1133 viewsRhu man Tom Guthrie, son of Glasgow Boy artist Sir James Guthrie, set up a company called Clyde Flying Boats Ltd. in 1933, offering pleasure flights at ten shillings and to see Loch Lomond for £1. The aircraft, seen at Helensburgh pier, was a SARO Cutty Sark, and was kept overnight at Inchmurrin Island on Loch Lomond.
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Tuning up1133 viewsMembers of Helensburgh Clan Colquhoun Pipe Band prepare before entertaining tourists at Duck Bay, Loch Lomond, in 1997. Image kindly supplied by Gordon Fraser, who now lives in Sweden.
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Hermitage House1132 viewsOriginally the home of the Cramb family, who sold what was then called Cramb Park to the Town Council in 1911 for £3,750, Hermitage House became an annexe to Hermitage School after World War One service as a military hospital. After 1926 it became a council workshop and store, and it was eventually demolished in 1963. Image by courtesy of Helensburgh Library; date unknown.
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Deborah Kerr and family1132 viewsHelensburgh-born film and theatre star Deborah Kerr pictured with her first husband, Battle of Britain pilot Squadron Leader Tony Bartley, and their daughters Francesca (left) and Melanie. Image circa 1956.
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Patients choir1132 viewsDuring World War One from 1914-18 the Helensburgh Town Council-owned Hermitage House in Hermitage Park became a military hospital with a capacity for 58 patients who were sent from Stobhall Hospital in Glasgow. The wounded men in their blue uniforms were a familiar sight in the town, being wheeled around the park by their nurses. A number of local ladies and girls helped out in the hospital and the local Red Cross detachment also assisted the trained nurses. Many local girls met their future husbands among the wounded ‘tommies’, and patients were taken on outings in a horse-drawn carriage from Waldie & Co. in Sinclair Street.
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St Bride's Centenary1131 viewsMiss Annie Baird, then 83, sister of John Logie Baird and daughter of the Rev John Baird, is greeted by the St Bride's Church minister, the Rev Robert S.Cairns, who invited her to cut the cake at the Church's Centenary Supper in the Victoria Hall in 1967. In the background is Mrs Arthur Wylie, one of the organisers of the event.
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Kirking of the Council1131 viewsThe first ever Kirking of Helensburgh District Council at Rhu Parish Church in 1967. From left: Murdo McGregor, Margaret MacDonald, Marie Dick, Cathy Allan, chairman Billy Petrie, J.Campbell Weir, Lord Lieutenant Robert Arbuthnott, Ian Campbell MP, Frank Kane, Ken McFarlane J.McLeod Williamson, Jimmy Miller, Robert McIntyre (who supplied the image), Captain Mike Henry from Faslane, Chief Inspector Leslie Mills, Tommy Lindsay, Alex Erskine, clerk Bob Macquarrie, and Hector MacDonald.
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Tarbet Hotel1131 viewsErected about 1810, the Tarbet Hotel on Loch Lomondside was built in true Scottish baronial style with fine features both inside and out, and has been a mecca for visitors ever since. Image date unknown.
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West Clyde Street1130 viewsTaken from almost at the junction of William Street and West Clyde Street.
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Dorian Choir Concert1130 viewsUndated photograph of a Helensburgh Dorian Choir performance in the Victoria Hall.
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Seafront with rails1130 viewsA traditional view of Helensburgh seafront looking east towards the Henry Bell monument, the bandstand beyond, and the Old Parish Church, taken when there were still railings between the pavement and the grass, and published by M.C.Robertson, West End Library, Helensburgh, circa 1906.
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Duchess at Commissioning1130 viewsCamilla, Duchess of Cornwall, is seen with the First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, at the Commissioning ceremony at the Clyde Submarine Base at Faslane on August 27 2010 as the UK's most powerful attack submarine, HMS Astute, was welcomed into the Royal Navy. The Duchess is the sub's Patron, and during the ceremony Astute officially became 'Her Majesty's Ship'. Photo copyright Royal Navy.
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