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John Logie Baird919 viewsA portrait of the inventor of television.
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Garelochhead bypass919 viewsConstruction work on a bridge over the West Highland railway line during the building of the Garelochhead bypass. Image, circa 1986, supplied by Jim Chestnut.
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Portrait919 viewsA studio portrait published in The Graphic newspaper in the spring of 1921 when, citing ill health, Andrew Bonar Law retired from the leadership of the Conservative branch of the Lloyd George government in the spring of 1921. His counterpart in the House of Lords, Austen Chamberlain succeeded him as Leader of the House of Commons and also took over the office of Lord Privy Seal.
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Kilcreggan shops919 viewsMain Street, Kilcreggan, circa 1972.
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Laid up ships919 viewsMerchant shipping laid up in the Gareloch close to Garelochhead. Image supplied by Jim Chestnut; date unknown.
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Sir James Colquhoun918 viewsA portrait of Sir James Colquhoun of Luss — who was succeeded by four others bearing the same name — who bought what was then Milligs and decided to develop it into what became Helensburgh, which was named after his wife Lady Helen. The portrait is believed to be by David Martin (1737-97), a painter of over 300 portraits and engraver. Born in Anstruther, Fife, he studied in London and Italy before gaining a reputation as a portrait painter. Image by courtesy of the current Baronet and Chief of Clan Colquhoun, Sir Malcolm Colquhoun of Luss.
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Queen Mother and Provost917 viewsThe Queen Mother talks to Helensburgh's Provost, J.McLeod Williamson, during a visit to the Clyde Submarine Base at Faslane in May 1968. Photo by Hector Cameron.
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Rhu from the loch917 viewsAn unusual view of Rhu from the Gareloch with the tide in, taken in the late 1950s.
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Pier awash917 viewsHelensburgh pier is underwater during a storm in January 1999. Photo kindly supplied by Iain Duncan.
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Over the hill917 viewsHeading towards Loch Lomond from Coulport. image, date unknown, supplied by Gordon Fraser.
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Hermitage Park Cenotaph916 viewsThe Cenotaph in the Garden of Remembrance in Hermitage Park, Helensburgh, designed and built in 1923 by noted burgh architect Alexander Nisbet Paterson and inspired by 'Glasgow Boy' artist James Whitelaw Hamilton, who encouraged Paterson to enter the design competition and suggested that the old walled garden of the original Hermitage House be used. Image date unknown.
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Civic heads916 viewsThe Queen Mother talks to Cove and Kilcreggan Provost James M.Roy at the Clyde Submarine Base at Faslane in May 1968. On his right are Helensburgh Provost J.McLeod Williamson and Helensburgh District Council chairman Max Wilkinson. Photo by Hector Cameron.
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