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Boys Brigade Band1221 viewsOfficers and boys of a Helensburgh Boys Brigade band, circa 1896. Image supplied by Sue Taylor.
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View from the pier1219 viewsLooking at the seafront on the east side of Helensburgh pier, circa 1910.
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Seafront crossing1219 viewsThe junction of West Clyde Street and Colquhoun Street, Helensburgh, as it used to be, with a cobbled walkway across the road to the pier. On the corner, where there is now a three-storey shop and office block, is Robert Brown's 'Cyclist's Rest Pierhead Vaults' public house. Image circa 1907.
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Portrait1219 viewsHelensburgh man Andrew Bonar Law, a Conservative who became Prime Minister and occupied 10 Downing Street for just 209 days in 1922-23, succeeding the much better known Liberal, David Lloyd George, who had served from 1916-22. This picture was taken during World War One when he served as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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Paddling pool1219 viewsAnother image of children playing in the now removed paddling pool on Helensburgh's West Esplanade. Image circa 1951.
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Sinclair Street looking south1218 viewsLooking down Sinclair Street with the Victoria Hall on the left and St Columba Church further down on the right. Image circa 1905.
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Burgh Basketball1217 viewsHelensburgh Basketball Club's 1963-64 senior and juniors. Seniors in white, juniors in black; back row (from left), Jim McNeill, Gordon Hamil, Jim Caldwell, Gordon Stewart, Sandy Clow, Hector McClelland, Jim McPherson; middle row, Derek West, Richard West, Kenny Wilson, Gordon Fraser, James Galbraith, Andy Gillespie, ?; front, Graham McKenzie, Terence Neil. Image kindly supplied by Gordon Fraser, who now lives in Sweden.
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Kidston Park1216 viewsA family relax at Kidston Park, circa 1910. Bought from the Duke of Argyll in 1877 for £650 by William Kidston with help from Sir James Colquhoun and others, the area was formerly Cairndhu Point — known locally as Neddy's Point after a well known fisherman and ferryman who lived nearby — but was renamed Kidston Park from 1889 when Mr Kidston left money to support its maintenance and requested the name change.
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Family outing1216 viewsA family take a seat on the West Bay promenade while another group play on the beach, circa 1907.
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Rhu blacksmith1215 viewsPainter and decorator Donald McKay at Findlay McCallum's blacksmith workshop behind the Rhu Inn, where Donald also had a workshop. Image circa 1930, supplied by his grandson Iain McKay.
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A Bridge in Soochow1215 viewsThis painting is by 'Glasgow Girl' Eleanor Allen Robertson, nee Moore, mother of Helensburgh artist and art historian Ailsa Tanner, nee Robertson. The painting was done when Dr Cecil Robertson accepted a post in public health with the Shanghai Municipal Council, and his wife and daughter went with him. Image kindly supplied by the owner of the painting, art collector Jim Smith from Blantyre.
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Victoria Hall Performance1214 viewsThis picture taken by keen amateur photographer Robert Thorburn may be of the cast of a production of Hiawatha's Wedding Feast and Death of Minnehaha in the Victoria Hall on April 18 1906. The conductor was E.W.Stanton.
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