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The East Bay1166 viewsA pre-Second World War image of the East Bay. The railings which can be seen at the foot of George Street were the entrance to underground public toilets. Image date unknown.
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Colquhoun Square1166 viewsThe square is pictured in the days when the centenary monument was in the centre, the quadrants had metal fences, and what is now St Andrew's Kirk did not have a porch. Image circa 1905.
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The late Queen Mother1164 viewsThe late Queen Mother is pictured at the Clyde Submarine Base at Faslane in May 1968.
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Seafront shows1164 viewsShows on Helensburgh seafront between the bandstand and the Granary on a summer day as youngsters paddle in the Clyde. Image circa 1906.
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Bard's comely wench1163 viewsHelensburgh girl Catherine King-Clark, a former St Bride's School pupil studying at Edinburgh School of Art, worked with actor John Cairney in a film on the life of national bard Robert Burns, directed and produced by Robert Crichton in 1973. She played one of Burns' many loves, Anna Parks, niece of the proprietor of the Globe Inn in Dumfries, and Catherine and the other members of the cast apart from Cairney all appeared in still photographs used as flashbacks.
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Sinclair Street1163 viewsLooking down Sinclair Street to the Old Parish Church tower on the seafront from the Princes Street junction, circa 1910. Shops visible include Campbell's Saleroom, R. & J.Dick, Paterson's, and W.G.Christie.
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Steamer approaches1163 viewsA steamer approaches Helensburgh pier, image circa 1928. The following year the outdoor swimming pool was built beside the pier. The image also shows the waiting room and ticket office building on the end of the pier, and on the left, part of the bandstand beside West Clyde Street.
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RAF squadron visit1163 viewsA previously unpublished picture from a fighter pilot's scrapbook of members of the RAF's 610 Squadron on summer visit to Helensburgh from their base in Cheshire in 1938. They have donned tartan berets, much to the amusement of local children. The following year war broke out and two years later these men were fighting in the Battle of Britain and Helensburgh had its own RAF station. Image supplied by Robin Bird.
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Colquhoun Arms Hotel1163 viewsA view of the Colquhoun Arms Hotel at Luss when the proprietor was S.W.Colquhoun, described as a well appointed Residential and Commercial Hotel. Image date unknown.
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Old corn mill at Rosneath1163 viewsTwo children wait outside the old corn mill at Rosneath as a trap approaches. Image circa 1905.
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Gareloch Road1162 viewsExact location unknown. Date unknown.
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Vintage car crash1162 viewsMacneur & Bryden Ltd. in East Princes Street, Helensburgh, publishers of the Helensburgh and Gareloch Times weekly newspaper, printed and published this road accident photograph as a postcard, with the heading 'The Effect of a Motor Collision at Helensburgh'. It took place on June 4 1906 at the junction of Glasgow Street and West Princes Street. The car on the left belonged to Mr F.McAlpine of Helensburgh, and the other to Mr Kirkpatrick of Lagbuie, Shandon.
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