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On deck870 viewsThe Queen Mother signs the visitors book on the deck of a Polaris submarine at the Clyde Submarine Base at Faslane in May 1968. Photo by Hector Cameron.
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Jack Buchanan869 viewsAn autographed photograph of Helensburgh-born Jack Buchanan, the international entertainer and Hollywood film star. Born on April 2 1891, he grew up in the town and was a great friend of TV inventor John Logie Baird. He died on October 20 1957 at the age of 66. Image date unknown.
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Rosneath Pier869 viewsA group of people waiting for the steamer to arrive at Rosneath Pier. Image circa 1902.
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Loch Lomond road868 viewsA sharp bend on the A82 Loch Lomond road on the west side of the loch. Image circa 1950.
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Baird Telechrome Tube868 viewsJohn Logie Baird is pictured demonstrating the Telechrome Tube, one of his last inventions, to the press on August 16 1944. The tube contained two cathode-ray beams, each scanning opposite sides of a clear mica disc. On side had a blue-green fluorescent coating and the other orange-red. It was the world's first colour television picture tube, and only one survives today in the National Media Museum.
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Rhu from the Point867 viewsA view of Rhu from Rhu Spit, circa 1908, produced by W.D.B. Co., of Helensburgh.
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Luss from pier867 viewsAn old photo of Luss from the village pier. Image date unknown.
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Comet replica866 viewsThe replica of Henry Bell's Comet built by Lithgow apprentices for the Comet 150th anniversary in 1962 is towed away on a trailer from Helensburgh pierhead to be taken to its permanent home in Port Glasgow town centre after the celebrations.
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Swedish toast866 viewsHelensburgh was not the only place where the bicentenary of Henry Bell’s Comet was remembered on Saturday August 4 2012 — a toast was proposed in Sweden. As he had done 50 years earlier, retired naval architect Gerhard Schack, an octogenarian, raised a glass in tribute to the man who pioneered commercial steamships. This is a picture of the Comet model he made himself.
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Noctovision866 viewsA 1929 image of TV inventor John Logie Baird working on another of his inventions, Noctovision, a night vision device, on Boxhill in Surrey. It was slung on gimbals and rotated about a circular compass scale, and was said to be able to pick up a ship's lights in fog and give a compass bearing, or televise people who were in complete darkness.
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Rest and be Thankful866 viewsThe north end of the Rest and be Thankful road, with the old military road below. Image, circa 2010, supplied by Gordon Fraser.
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Looking down on Rhu866 viewsRhu village and Rhu Bay are seen from above from the drive of Woodstone Court, circa 1959. A black and white version is also in this album.
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