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Garelochhead1065 viewsA view of Garelochhead from the station. Date unknown.
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Adam and Eve1065 viewsRosneath was renowned in the 19th century for its trees including two very large silver firs at Campsail, known as 'Adam and Eve', which were reputed to be the largest in Britain at 130 feet (40 metres) with a girth of 30 feet immediately above the ground, and over 200 years old in 1891. Eventually they died and were cut down. Image date unknown.
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James Gordon Burgess1065 viewsA caricature by Helensburgh artist Gregor Ian Smith of James Gordon Burgess, a keen gardener who won two silver bowls outright — for winning each three years in succession — at Helensburgh Flower Shows in the 1930s for carnations grown in his plot in Hermitage Park. Image supplied by Jenny Sanders.
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Seafront view1065 viewsA Tuck & Sons Oilette postcard of Helensburgh seafront, circa 1907. It was painted by Henry Wimbush, who was most active in painting between 1881 and 1908 when he lived at various addresses in London. Like many of his contemporaries in the Tuck's postcards stable, he toured Britain for inspiration and his coverage was far more comprehensive than many of the other Tuck illustrators — including a number of Clyde scenes. His watercolours were published by Tuck between 1904 and 1908, the majority in the Oilette series.
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Arrochar1065 viewsA 1904 image from an unusual angle of part of Arrochar, looking south to Loch Long.
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1911 Coronation1064 viewsCivic dignitaries and representatives of local organisations paraded in Colquhoun Square, Helensburgh, to mark the Coronation of King George V on June 22 1911. This photograph was taken by the well known local photographers, W.D.Brown & Co.
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Rest And Be Thankful1063 viewsCars parked at the top of the Rest and Be Thankful as passengers look down Glen Croe, circa 1927.
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The Duke of Kent at Rhu1063 viewsHRH The Duke of Kent on board the RNLI inshore rescue boat at Rhu on July 21 1994.
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Redgauntlet at war1063 viewsThe Clyde paddle steamer Redgauntlet saw service as a World War One minesweeper. Built by Barclay Curle in 1895 for the North British Railway, she served on the Craigendoran to Rothesay route. In August 1899 she ran on to rocks off Arran in a gale and was badly holed, but the captain ran her up the beach so that crew and passengers could be rescued. After repairs, she was moved to the Forth in 1909 and then sold to the Galloway Steam Packet Company. Later she went to Algeria and was broken up about 1934.
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Jack Buchanan and Martine Carol1063 viewsHelensburgh-born film and stage star Jack Buchanan is seen with Martine Carol in the 1955 Preston Sturges comedy film “The French They Are A Funny Raceâ€, based on the bestseller “The Notebooks of Major Thompson†by Pierre Daninos. Jack played Major Thompson in this spoof on the personality traits of the French.
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Laid up shipping1063 viewsMerchant shipping laid up in the Gareloch off Clynder during the 1930s.
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Helensburgh Sands1062 viewsAn imaginative and humorous postcard from the early 1900s featuring Helensburgh beach in days gone by.
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