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Bannachra Castle533 viewsThe ruins of Bannachra Castle on the Luss road from Helensburgh, between Cross Keys and Arden. The Castle was in roughly the shape of a parallelogram, 46 feet long and 24 feet wide, and was three storeys high with a barrel vaulted basement, a main or hall floor and an attic floor. It is currently owned by the Lumsden family, which has owned the lands on which the castle is since the 19th century. Reputed to be on the site of a former construction, it was probably built in the 16th century. Image c1910.
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Arrochar House Hotel530 viewsOriginally the ancestral seat of the Clan McFarlane, the hotel was founded in 1697. Originally Inverioch House, it became Arrochar House, then the Arrochar House Hotel which it was when this photo was taken. By 1950 it was owned and being run as a temperance hotel by Mrs Annie McLeod. In the 1970s Bobby Campbell from Alexandria bought it and changed the name to the Cobbler Hotel. In the 1980s Pam and Maurice Root-Reid bought the hotel from Mr Campbell, and they built a large extension to the right. In 2004 Wallace Arnold/Sheerings bought the hotel and changed the name to Claymore Hotel.
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Village Post Office529 viewsA 1905 image of the Post Office in Rosneath village.
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Victoria Infirmary garden528 viewsThis garden in front of the Victoria Infirmary and beside new build premises was sponsored by Helensburgh Toyota. 1999 photo by Kenneth Crawford.
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Skating in Glen Fruin524 viewsPhotograph taken c.1910 by keen amateur photographer Robert Thorburn, a Helensburgh grocery store manager. It shows skaters enjoying the frozen River Fruin.
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Rowing boats ashore523 viewsLocal worthies and their rowing boats to the west of Helensburgh pier. Image date unknown.
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40th anniversary522 viewsThe Helensburgh and District branch of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society held its 40th anniversary party at the Commodore Hotel in 1992. Back row from left: Tom McInally, Tom Tudhope, Jessie Gilvear, George Rennie, Allan Carrie; middle row: Tom Savage, Moira Thomson, Margaret Savage, Dorothy Capstick, Dorothy Reid, Alma Traill, Anne Thorn, Dargie Henderson; seated: Norah Dunn and Sue Ashby. Image supplied by Anne Thorn.
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522 viewsConductor, engraving by Viola Paterson.
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High Green 1951520 viewsMembers of Helensburgh Bowling Club, known as the High Green, pictured in 1951. Image supplied by Malcolm LeMay.
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Top Secret519 viewsThis letter, written by Miss Maud McLellan, of Auchenault, Helensburgh, in 1939 as Company Commander of the 4th Scottish Company of the Auxiliary Training Service, was in the wartime records of Margaret Sloan (known as Margot), of Dalmore, Helensburgh, which Graham Phillips donated to Helensburgh Heritage Trust.
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Sunny putting515 viewsA bus awaits at Helensburgh pierhead and the putting green is busy on a sunny afternoon. Image c.1966.
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Don Cup finalists515 viewsThe Clyde Street School team which played in the 1965 Don Cup final at East King Street Park, with manager Willie Cowe, the school janitor. Back row: Steven Thorpe, William Bell, ?, Donald Paterson, George Murray, Edward McKell; front: Jim Urquhart, Bill McKechnie, Paul ?, Simon Fraser, Walter Dolan.
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