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Publicity stint538 viewsThe headline was "Some people will do anything for a good read of the Helensburgh Advertiser". Staff member Susan Cowan (now Mrs Maxwell) posed with the paper during a seafront gale on December 5 1972. Photo by Donald Fullarton.
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537 viewsCarriages await outside Helensburgh Central Station in East Princes Street when it was the North British Railway Company. Image c.1905.
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Craigendoran Station536 viewsA Helensburgh to Airdrie train at Craigendoran Station on April 7 1963.
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1912 Comet replica534 viewsThis Glasgow Corporation single-decker tramcar in the guise of Henry Bell's Comet ran through the city at night, illuminated, to mark the centenary of the Comet launch. Towards the stern is seen a metal pole leading up to make contact with the overhead electric wires. Image from the September 7 1912 edition of the Illustrated London News.
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Viaduct view534 viewsAn image of Fernbreck, Garelochead, and the viaduct on the hillside. Image date unknown.
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Lucy Ashton533 viewsThe paddle steamer Lucy Ashton berthed at Craigendoran pier. Image circa 1910.
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Burgh Cenotaph533 viewsA 1933 image of the Cenotaph in the Garden of Remembrance in Hermitage Park, Helensburgh, designed and built in 1923 by noted architect Alexander Nisbet Paterson and inspired by 'Glasgow Boy' artist James Whitelaw Hamilton, who encouraged Paterson to enter the design competition and suggested that the old walled garden of the original Hermitage House be used.
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Tuesday dancing532 viewsThe Helensburgh Scottish Country Dance Dance Tuesday Class Ball at the Ardencaple Hotel in January 1973. Rear (from left): Willie Gilvear, Jack Gregor, Bob Laird, Roy Bain, George Rennie, Helen Bain, Jessie Gilvear, Janie Murray, Douglas McIlroy; middle: Margaret Thomson, Joyce Gregor, Norah Dunn, Chrissie Clark, Cath Twigg, Isa McIlroy, Etta Rennie, Enid Shearer, Elizabeth Howden, Margaret Irvine; front: Kay Campbell, Dorothy Ross, Sheila Wilson, Peggy Rose, Mary Ross, Mrs Murray. Image supplied by Anne Thorn.
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Provost Andrew Buchanan530 viewsAn image from the Helensburgh and Gareloch Times of Andrew Buchanan, who served as Provost of Helensburgh from 1930-36. He donated the outdoor swimming pool to the burgh, and paid for the refurbishment of the interior of the Victoria Halls, amongst many acts of generosity.
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529 viewsThe Conductor, by Caroline Sillars. Copyright the Anderson (Local Collection) Trust.
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527 viewsLily Blatherwick, by her husband A.S.Hartrick. Copyright the Anderson (Local Collection) Trust.
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Beach huts525 viewsHuts provide shelter from the sun on Helensburgh beach just to the west of the pier. Image from 1933.
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