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Inverclyde, Cove2296 viewsInverclyde at Cove while it was a Holiday Home run by Glasgow YMCA. Also known as Hartfield House, this Cove mansion was owned at one time by James, Lord Inverclyde, second son of the first Lord Inverclyde, and grandson of Sir George Burns, Bart., founder of the Cunard Line. An enthusiastic yachtsman, he was Vice-Commodore of the Royal Northern Yacht Club at Rhu and a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron, president of the Scottish Hockey Association, a cricketer, curler, and tennis player. Later it belonged to his son Alan, the 4th Baron, before it became a YMCA holiday home. The mansion was demolished in the 1960s. Image date unknown.Mar 09, 2010
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Kilcreggan from the air1016 viewsAn aerial view of Kilcreggan and its pier. Image circa 1961.Mar 09, 2010
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Knockderry Castle2271 viewsBuilt on the site of a Danish fort about 1855 to the design of the famous architect Alexander 'Greek' Thomson, Knockderry Castle at Cove became the family home of the Templeton carpet manufacturing family. In 1896-7 another famous architect, William Leiper, designed an extension and a lodge for John Templeton, and a famous guest of his at the castle was millionaire philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. For some years a hotel, it is now a private residence again. Photo taken in 1946.Mar 09, 2010
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Loch Lomond920 viewsAn aerial view of Loch Lomond, which is 23 miles long and, at its widest, five miles wide. To the left is the 3,192 feet Ben Lomond. Image circa 1982.Mar 09, 2010
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Loch Long880 viewsA view of Loch Long from above Kilcreggan. Image circa 1960.Mar 09, 2010
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Glen Fruin969 viewsCattle in Glen Fruin, looking west from near the Black Bridge. Image pre-1945, but date unknown.Mar 09, 2010
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Glen Loin Youth Hostel949 viewsThe Glen Loin Youth Hostel, near the Succoth Burn at Arrochar, was provided for the Scottish Youth Hostels Association by a grant from the Carnegie U.K. Trustees and was opened on March 19 1932 by Sir John Clerk Maxwell. It was very popular with climbers, as it was at the foot of the 'Arrochar Alps', and was in operation from 1932 to 1950. Image circa 1939.Mar 09, 2010
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The Golf House1245 viewsThe original Helensburgh Golf Club clubhouse, known as the 'Tin Hut', was built in 1894 just to the west of the Old Luss Road. It was upgraded and relocated in 1900 to close to East Abercromby Street.Mar 09, 2010
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Head of Loch Lomond968 viewsA view of the head of Loch Lomond. Image circa 1905.Mar 09, 2010
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Inverarnan Hotel1112 viewsAn unusual view from the south east of the historic Drovers Inn, also known as Inverarnan Hotel, at Ardlui, which was established in 1705. Image circa 1965.Mar 09, 2010
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Ardgartan Youth Hostel1103 viewsArdgartan Youth Hostel, three miles from Arrochar on the west side of Loch Long, is seen with the Cobbler in the background. The Scottish Youth Hostels Association obtained the hostel, which sleeps over 100, from the King George's Jubilee Trust, which purchased it in 1936. Originally Ardgartan House, a private mansion built by Campbell of Strachur, it was closed in 1968, and replaced with a more modern building. Image date unknown.Mar 09, 2010
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Arrochar from the north930 viewsA view of Arrochar from the north, taken from the head of Loch Long. Image circa 1948.Mar 09, 2010
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