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Luss main street1019 viewsA couple walk down the picturesque village main street to the pier. Image date unknown.
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On deck1019 viewsThe Queen Mother signs the visitors book on the deck of a Polaris submarine at the Clyde Submarine Base at Faslane in May 1968. Photo by Hector Cameron.
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Rest and Be Thankful1018 viewsA car drives down the old Rest and Be Thankful road into Glen Croe. Image circa 1930.
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Rhu Parish Church1017 viewsA 1906 image of Row (now Rhu) Parish Church, 26 years after its first organ was installed. The Parish of Row, including Helensburgh, was created in 1648 from lands belonging to the ancient parishes of Cardross and Rosneath, and the church was completed the following year. William Spence designed the pinnacled octagonal tower which was added in 1851.
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The Bonar Law family grave1017 viewsThe Bonar Law family grave in Helensburgh Cemetery. However, as he was a Prime Minister, the ashes of Andrew Bonar Law are buried at Westminster Cathedral. Photo by Stewart Noble.
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West Princes Street1017 viewsAn old image of West Princes Street, Helensburgh, possibly the 1940s?
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Rosneath from Rhu1016 viewsA view from Rhu Point looking towards Rosneath Pier and the Lutyens-designed Ferry House, with a steamer travelling into the Gareloch. The pier was closed in 1942. Image circa 1911.
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Noctovision1016 viewsA 1929 image of TV inventor John Logie Baird working on another of his inventions, Noctovision, a night vision device, on Boxhill in Surrey. It was slung on gimbals and rotated about a circular compass scale, and was said to be able to pick up a ship's lights in fog and give a compass bearing, or televise people who were in complete darkness.
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Comet replica1015 viewsThe replica of Henry Bell's Comet built by Lithgow apprentices for the Comet 150th anniversary in 1962 is towed away on a trailer from Helensburgh pierhead to be taken to its permanent home in Port Glasgow town centre after the celebrations.
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Engine and paddle wheel1015 viewsThe engine and paddle wheel of the first Comet.
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Loch Lomond1014 viewsView of the loch from above Luss. Date unknown.
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Luss Bay1014 viewsA traditional view of Luss Bay and pier, with Ben Lomond beyond, circa 1902.
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