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Shandon Church429 viewsShandon Church pictured from Shandon Pier. Image date unknown.
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China honour428 viewsA plaque honouring John Logie Baird has been erected in a park in the Chinese city of Shenzhen. It has a population of 12 million and is a centre of Chinese high technology. Nearby are plaques for Einstein and Mendeleev. Image supplied by Professor Malcolm Baird.
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Farm workers426 viewsPhotograph taken c.1913 probably by keen amateur photographer Robert Thorburn, a Helensburgh grocery store manager. It shows farm workers with a horse and cart at Duirlands Farm, Glen Fruin. Image supplied by David Clark from a collection of glass slides.
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Harvest425 viewsPhotograph taken c.1913 probably by keen amateur photographer Robert Thorburn, a Helensburgh grocery store manager. It shows harvesting on the hillside above Balernock or Shandon pier. Image supplied by David Clark from a collection of glass slides.
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Bonar Law the singer425 viewsA postcard size programme for a Members Concert in the House of Commons, with Andrew Bonar Law singing "Anchored". Other performers included Lloyd George, Asquith, Winston Churchill and Keir Hardie.
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Lucy Ashton423 viewsThe Lucy Ashton at Craigendoran Pier, c.1910. Image courtesy of Helensburgh Memories.
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Muck spreading422 viewsPhotograph taken c.1913 probably by keen amateur photographer Robert Thorburn, a Helensburgh grocery store manager. It shows farm workers spreading muck on a hill at Duirlands Farm, Glen Fruin. Image supplied by David Clark from a collection of glass slides.
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General Booth422 viewsThe founder of the Salvation Army, General William Booth, arrived at Helensburgh Central Station before speaking at the Victoria Hall on October 26 1910, and was welcomed by Provost David S.Maclachlan. Booth, born in 1826, was the son of a Nottingham builder and converted to Christianity aged 15. He became a revivalist preacher, and in 1865 he and his wife Catherine set up a Christian Mission in London's east end to help the poor. It was reorganised along military lines in 1878, and the Salvation Army was born. He died in 1912. Image supplied by Malcolm LeMay.
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Fond farewell422 viewsFriends of all ages say farewell to a Helensburgh man leaving from Helensburgh Pier. Possibly 1930s, but no further details are known, so any information would be welcomed. Image supplied by Malcolm LeMay.
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Bell obelisk416 viewsThe Henry bell obelisk on West Clyde Street before the railings were removed for the war effort in World War Two. Image date unknown.
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Concourse414 viewsAn image of the interior of Helensburgh Central Station, c.1920.
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Scroll awarded410 viewsThe doyen of Scottish country dancing in Helensburgh, Norah Dunn, pictured receiving the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society scroll from Alan Carrie in November 1989. Image supplied by Anne Thorn.
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