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Carved heads927 viewsTwo carved heads are seen at the bricked-up doorway of the tower of Cardross Old Parish Church, which was destroyed by incendiary bombs dropped by German bombers on the night of May 5-6 1941. The tower was restored in the summer of 1999. Any information about the carved heads would be welcome. Image supplied by Donald Fullarton.May 15, 2011
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Ardencaple Mill1205 viewsArdencaple Mill, on the left beside Rhu Road Higher. Image published by Macneur & Bryden Ltd., Helensburgh, circa 1917.Apr 15, 2011
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Tarbet Hotel1210 viewsErected about 1810, the Tarbet Hotel on Loch Lomondside was built in true Scottish baronial style with fine features both inside and out, and has been a mecca for visitors ever since. Image date unknown.Apr 15, 2011
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Presentation to family1131 viewsJohn Logie Baird's sister Annie and his children Diana and Malcolm are presented with a television set from the Scophany Television Company in April 1952.Apr 11, 2011
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TS Empress2170 viewsThe training ship Empress moored in the Gareloch off Rhu. She was the second of two charitable training ships for boys, and was in the Gareloch from 1889 until the 1920s, with staff giving a tough and sometimes brutal training to the 300 boys on board at any time. Image circa 1902.Apr 07, 2011
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Novelty postcard1134 viewsA 1911 novelty postcard bearing Greetings from Helensburgh, which shows the Training Ship Empress moored in the Gareloch at Rhu, and below it a scene in which the young man on the left is saying "I am having a change, different girl again".Apr 07, 2011
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Helensburgh Hospitals1034 viewsThe Victoria Infirmary (left), built in 1895 by distinguished architect William Leiper, and the Infectious Diseases Hospital (right), which opened in 1875 and was demolished in 1959, can be seen in this 1904 image, taken from where Craighelen Tennis and Squash Club now stands.Apr 07, 2011
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Invergare2189 viewsInvergare, Rhu, originally named Rowaleyn, was built in 1855 to the design of architect James Smith, father of Madeleine Smith, the socialite later accused of murder, to be his family's summer home. James Smith designed, among other famous buildings, the Victoria Baths in West Nile Street (1837), the Collegiate School, Garnethill (1840), the McClellan Galleries (1855), and Bellahouston Church (1863), all in Glasgow, and Stirling Library (1863). Image circa 1912, published by M.Gordon, Row Pier.Apr 07, 2011
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Kilcreggan Pier919 viewsShore Road, Kilcreggan, and a steamer at Kilcreggan Pier. Image circa 1908.Apr 07, 2011
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Municipal Buildings1063 viewsThe Municipal Buildings at the junction of East Princes Street and Sinclair Street. They were built in Scots Baronial style in in 1878 by John Honeyman at a cost of £6,000, replacing an old theatre which had also served as the Town Hall. In 1906 A.N.Paterson added the Sinclair Street extension in a more restrained Scottish style to house the Police Station and Fire Station. Image circa 1914.Apr 07, 2011
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Consort Service Station1254 viewsThe Consort Service Station, owned by the Tomlinson family, which stood on East Clyde Street next to the Queen's Hotel and closed in 2006. Image circa 1970.Mar 29, 2011
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Malcolm Baird at bust unveiling1243 viewsMalcolm Baird, the inventor's son and now a retired professor and president of Helensburgh Heritage Trust, is pictured at the unveiling of a bust of John Logie Baird in Hermitage Park, Helensburgh, in 1960. Some years later the bust was moved to a position on the seafront opposite William Street.Mar 29, 2011
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