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Sledging on Sinclair Street856 viewsA well known photo of two boys sledging down Sinclair Street, Helensburgh. Image circa 1910.
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Faslane House856 viewsFaslane House was the farm house for Faslane Farm. The house was demolished with the building of Military Port no.1 in 1941-42. Image supplied by Alistair McIntyre.
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Loch Lomond steamer854 viewsThis picture of a steamer, probably the SS St George, in Luss Straits was published by C.R.Gilchrist & Sons, Alexandria, circa 1926.
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Deborah Kerr in costume854 viewsDeborah Kerr wearing a costume designed by Edith Head for the 1952 Paramount movie 'Thunder in the East', a war drama set during India's first years of independence from Britain. Steve Gibbs (Alan Ladd) lands his armaments-loaded plane in Ghandahar province hoping to get rich, and falls in love with Joan Willoughby (Deborah Kerr), the blind daughter of a parson. Also starring Charles Boyer.
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Flooded East Bay854 viewsHelensburgh's East Bay and East Clyde Street underwater in January 1999. Photo kindly supplied by Iain Duncan.
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First service854 viewsDavid Wilson at the wheel of his own bus. He was the first to run a bus service between Helensburgh and Rhu. Image, circa 1915, supplied by his grand-daughter, Marlyn Ritchie.
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Art appraisal853 viewsThe Helensburgh Art Exhibition committee appraise 'Lyleston Farm' by James Dunlop Burgess for what is thought to have been the second such exhibition, circa 1935/6. From left: Nance Anderson, unknown, Alistair Paterson, J.Arnold Fleming, unknown, Agnes Stevens. Standing are artists Gregor Ian Smith and James Dunlop Burgess. Image supplied by Jenny Sanders.
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Dance group853 viewsA 1951 image of members of gym teacher John Blain's Dance Group, receiving apples sent from British Columbia. Pictured (from left) are Judith Peel, Pat Paterson, Jean Hamilton, Lexine Milne, Hazel Russel, Joyce Henderson (the head between Hazel and Sheena), Sheena Campbell, teacher James Bell and Sonja Aitken. Image supplied by Sheena Campbell's elder brother, Iain G.Campbell, who now lives in Canada.
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Garelochhead852 viewsAn old view of Garelochhead Hotel and Pier, published by M.Burnett of the Post Office, Garelochhead. Date unknown.
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Gaby Fay and Jean Clyde852 viewsHelensburgh stage star Jean Clyde (right) pictured with her sister-in-law, Birmingham-born character actress Dorothy Fay Hammerton, was the wife of Jean's actor and director brother David. In 1936, two years after the couple moved to Hollywood, she made her screen debut billed as Gaby Fay. She changed her stage name to Fay Holden, and for the next two decades played supporting roles in numerous films, frequently cast as a warm, devoted mother. She retired in 1958.
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Municipal Buildings852 viewsA family pose at the East Princes Street-Sinclair Street junction, in front of Helensburgh Municipal Buildings and beside David S.MacLachlan's bakery. Image circa 1909.
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PS Kenilworth852 viewsA 390-ton paddle steamer built in 1898 by A. & J.Inglis at Pointhouse for the North British Steam Packet Company, she operated on the Clyde until 1937, serving initially on the Craigendoran to Rothesay route. She was refurbished and reboilered in 1915 and saw limited World War One service from 1917-19 as a minesweeper on the South Coast. Upon her return she reopened the Arrochar excursion service. Retired in 1937, she was broken up the following year at the yard where she had been constructed.
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