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Queen Mary 21263 viewsThe Queen Mary 2 — Cunard flagship and the longest, widest and tallest passenger ship ever built when she was launched in France in 2003 — was pictured from Helensburgh seafront at 5.07 p.m. in October 2009 by burgh man Iain Duncan. The liner berthed at Greenock on a tour of the UK to mark her fifth birthday. She can take 2,620 passengers and has 1,253 officers and crew, and has 15 restaurants and bars, five swimming pools, a casino, ballroom, theatre, planetarium, and kennels for passengers cats and dogs.
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Percy Pilcher with the Bat1241 viewsPercy Pilcher with the Bat glider at Cardross in 1895.
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Rest And Be Thankful1240 viewsCars parked at the top of the Rest and Be Thankful as passengers look down Glen Croe, circa 1927.
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First service1235 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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Percy Pilcher with the Bat1219 viewsPercy Pilcher with his sister Ella and the Bat glider at Cardross in 1895.
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Old boat at Rhu Point1217 viewsThe fishing vessel Effie is beached on Rhu Point, with the village in the distance. The big house on the right is Rowmore. Image circa 1906.
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Percy Pilcher with the Bat1215 viewsPercy Pilcher with his sister Ella and the Bat glider at Cardross in 1895.
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Horse and Carriage1213 viewsOutside Bellcairn House, Cove, in 1913.
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Waldie's Hospital Outing1207 viewsServicemen patients are pictured outside the World War One Hermitage House Auxiliary Military Hospital, leaving for an outing in 1917 in a carriage from Waldie & Co. The driver is Mr Reynolds, who was also the firm's undertaker. Originally the home of the Cramb family, who sold what was then called Cramb Park to the Town Council in 1911 for £3,750, the mansion became an annexe to Hermitage School after the war. After 1926 it became a council workshop and store, and it was eventually demolished in 1963.
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Gareloch Steamer1201 viewsA steamer enters the Gareloch after passing the Training Ship Empress moored off Kidston Park. Circa 1920.
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Bus service1186 viewsDavid Wilson drives the Gareloch Motor Service vehicle run by MacFarlane and Gilmour. Image, circa 1906, supplied by his grand-daughter, Marlyn Ritchie.
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Whistlefield Station1163 viewsA view of Whistlefield Station, with Loch Long and Loch Goil in the background. Date unknown.
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