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Royal Bank1279 viewsThe staff of the Royal Bank of Scotland branch in East Princes Street, Helensburgh, are pictured — the Car and General insurance company calendar shows — on June 18 1939. They are (from left): Ian Somerville, Hamish Buchanan, John Dixon, Gerald Stanton, and Robert Stanton. The image was gifted to the Heritage Trust by Marion Gillies.
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Two Burgh Hospitals1279 viewsOn the left is the Victoria Infirmary, built in 1895 to the design of the celebrated architect William Leiper and partly in use today, and on the right is the Helensburgh Infectious Diseases Hospital which was in operation from 1875 to 1956. It was demolished three years later. Image date unknown.
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Coronation tree planting1279 viewsOne of many Coronation tree planting ceremonies in Helensburgh in 1953. This one was in Stafford Street at the back of the then Larchfield School and shows headmaster Stephen Hutchinson, fourth from right, and Burgh Officer Alexander Hailstones. Other names would be welcomed. At the back is the old 'tin hut' classroom building and part of the next door house, Inistore. Image supplied by Robert Hailstones, Alexander's son.
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Inner Wheel coffee morning1278 viewsMembers of Helensburgh Inner Wheel are pictured serving at a coffee morning in St Columba Church Hall in April 1994. From left are Barbara Moyes, Betty Hamilton, Mae Dunachie, Effie Baird, Jacky Sherwood, Anne Nicol, Heather Mowat and Angela Stewart.
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Hermitage Infants1278 viewsThe 1935-6 first year infant class at Hermitage Primary School. Back row: Miss Chalmers, Robert Ernest Petrie, Robert Brown, Robert Rice, Thomas Gilfillan Rowatt, William Porter, ?, Denzil Hutchison Campbell, William John Campbell, William Lennie Gilchrist, Donald John McAllister, ?; middle: Alexander Scroggie, David Henry Davidson, Peter Campbell, ?, ?, Carrie Bell Alexander, Aileen Cameron, Anna Gordon Copeland, Fiona MacDonald Ross, Robert Victor McTaggart, Robert Hailstones, Robert Weir Lees, Thomas Isbister, William Smith Gilchrist; front: Jessie Hutchison, ?, ?, Mary Brown McCormack, ?, Dorothy Duncan Mackie, Lilias Penman Rowatt, ?. Image supplied by Robert Hailstones.
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Rhu Pipe Band1277 viewsMembers of Rhu (Row) Pipe Band, circa 1905. It is believed that the band folded in 1910 at about the time Helensburgh Pipe Band was formed, and more information would be welcomed. Please email the editor, using the Contact Us facility on the Trust website home page. Image supplied by Campbell Neill, whose uncles Claude and John are in the picture.
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Bonny Babies1277 viewsA Helensburgh and Gareloch Times image of the organisers and winners — with nannies — at the Baby Show held in the Old Parish Church Hall in June 1933.
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View from pier1275 viewsA view of West Clyde Street from Helensburgh pier. Image date unknown.
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West Clyde Street looking west1275 viewsView from Sinclair Street looking west, showing cars — some with the registration plate readable — a coach with 'W.Innes' on the rear, the Imperial Hotel, shops, and old lamp-posts, circa 1935.
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Old Corn Mill1274 viewsOld Corn Mill, Rosneath.
Postmarked 1910
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End of the Pier Show1273 viewsThe pier at Barremman, Clynder, built about 1877 on the instructions of Robert Thom, owner of Barremman Estate, was blown up by the Army in November 1967, using 2lbs of plastic explosive, as it was the cheapest way to demolish the pier, which had become unsafe. District Clerk William Swan pressed the plunger at the invitation of D.Smith of Construction and Marine Ltd., Garelochhead. Photo by Donald Fullarton.
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Brown Photographer1273 viewsAn image circa 1910 used by W.D.Brown & Co., Photographers and Miniature Painters, of West Bay Studio, Helensburgh. They specialised in 'Artistic Portraiture at moderate prices', including 'Child Studies'.
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