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Kilcreggan shops649 viewsA horse and carriage wait outside the shops in Kilcreggan. Image date unknown.
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Rowing boats ashore648 viewsLocal worthies and their rowing boats to the west of Helensburgh pier. Image date unknown.
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40th anniversary648 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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Bannachra Castle643 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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Founders641 viewsPictured at the 50th anniversary of Helensburgh and District branch of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society in the Victoria Hall in 2002 are founding members Cath Twigg, John Blain and Norah Dunn. Image supplied by Anne Thorn.
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Colquhoun Street641 viewsA 1912 image showing a horse and cart moving down Colquhoun Street.
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Loch Long pier640 viewsA steamer calls at what is said to have been Portincaple pier, but is more likely to be the old Finnart pier. Image date unknown.
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Sunny putting634 viewsA bus awaits at Helensburgh pierhead and the putting green is busy on a sunny afternoon. Image c.1966.
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Fond farewell634 viewsFriends of all ages say farewell to a Helensburgh man leaving from Helensburgh Pier. Possibly 1930s, but no further details are known, so any information would be welcomed. Image supplied by Malcolm LeMay.
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25th anniversary632 viewsThe top table at the 25th anniversary dinner of Helensburgh's Millig SWRI, held in the Commodore Hotel on November 13 2001. Entertainment was provided by the Helensburgh and Lomond Fiddlers. Back row: Ruth Murdoch, Helen Rodger, Margaret Gilbert, Ann Steer; front: Myra Taylor, president Betty Tulloch, Nanny Tomison.
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630 viewsA sketch of a young woman collecting firewood on the Old Luss Road, which runs from Helensburgh over the hill to Loch Lomond, and passes through Helensburgh Golf Club. Image c1910.
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Rosneath Castle630 viewsCompleted in 1806 by London-based architect Joseph Bonomi, this neo-classical mansion replaced a castle burnt down in 1802. It was used as a military hospital during the First World War and was home to Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Louise, the Dowager Duchess of Argyll, until her death in 1939. It was an HQ for the Rosneath Naval Base in World War Two, then abandoned, then damaged by fire in 1947, and demolished in 1961. Image date unknown.
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