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Craigendoran Avenue1170 viewsThe terraced houses on both sides of the unmade-up Craigendoran Avenue. Image circa 1905.
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Rhu Boys Brigade1170 viewsMembers of the Rhu company of the Boys Brigade are pictured at camp. The company existed from 1915 to 1925 when it folded because leaders could not be found. It was inspected at least twice by Lord Inverclyde, the then Lord Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire. Image supplied by Alistair Quinlan, whose great uncle, Arthur Burnett Winton, is second from the left. Arthur's father ran Rhu Post Office, and he was a telegram boy. He spent most of his working life at Helensburgh Post Office and Helensburgh Telephone Exchange, and in his 20s played football for Rhu Amateurs.
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Sweetie shop1170 viewsMargaret Reece is pictured outside her sweetie shop which was at the corner of Clyde Street and Maitland Street, Helensburgh, circa 1910. The sweets were made at the rear of the shop. Image supplied by her great grand-daughter Sue Taylor.
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Helensburgh Hospitals1169 viewsThe Victoria Infirmary (left), built in 1895 by distinguished architect William Leiper, and the Infectious Diseases Hospital (right), which opened in 1875 and was demolished in 1959, can be seen in this 1904 image, taken from where Craighelen Tennis and Squash Club now stands.
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Artistic couple1169 viewsNoted artist Maggie Hamilton (1867-1952) was the daughter of James and Mary Hamilton, of Thornton Lodge, Sinclair Street, Helensburgh, and brother of artist J.Whitelaw Hamilton, one of the first of the 'Glasgow Boys'. In 1897 she married architect and artist Alexander Nisbet Paterson, and the couple are seen here in their family home, Long Croft, in West Rossdhu Drive. Image by courtesy of the Anderson Trust.cx
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Comet Replica1168 viewsThe Comet replica built in 1962 and steamed across the Clyde to mark the 150th anniversary of Henry Bell's Comet, seen in its permanent home in Port Glasgow.
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Garelochhead1167 viewsAn old view of Garelochhead Hotel and Pier, published by M.Burnett of the Post Office, Garelochhead. Date unknown.
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Rest And Be Thankful1167 viewsA view up the Rest And Be Thankful roads, old and new, from Glencroe. Date unknown.
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Baird and Buchanan1167 viewsJohn Logie Baird pictured filming his lifelong friend and patron Jack Buchanan, the Helensburgh-born stage and film star, on the roof of the Long Acre Studios in London on July 2 1928. The technician was Thomas Collier.
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William Taynton1167 viewsWilliam Taynton is seen with large cathode ray tubes at Radiolympia in 1939.
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Landing craft1167 viewsOne of the Landing Craft which used to ply from Rhu to Benbecula is pictured moored at Helensburgh pier, while crowds on the seafront take advantage of the evening sunshine. Image circa 1973.
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Garelochhead1166 viewsA view of Garelochhead from the railway station. Image circa 1943.
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