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Baird's childhood home1345 viewsHelensburgh-born TV inventor John Logie Baird poses outside the family home, The Lodge, in West Argyle Street, in 1900.
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The Clyde Naval Base1343 viewsH.M. Naval Base Clyde, pictured from Garelochhead Army Training Camp in August 2008. Photo by Donald Fullarton.
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Helensburgh Lions Club1342 viewsMembers of Helensburgh Lions Club and their partners at the club's Burns Supper in January 1969. Front row centre is Clyde Street School headmaster Alex Douglas, a noted Burns speaker.
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Stormy seafront1342 viewsA pre-1945 view from a balcony at the former Queen's Hotel, looking west towards Helensburgh pier on a very stormy day.
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Town centre seafront1342 viewsAn aerial view of the town centre and seafront from west of William Street to the pierhead, taken by Craig M.Jeffrey circa 1970.
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Helensburgh Old Pier1342 viewsAn 1848 image of the original Helensburgh pier which was approximately at the east end of the East Bay, not far from Henry Bell's Baths (later Queen's) Hotel.
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Ardencaple cricket1342 viewsA Helensburgh Cricket Club match is in progress on the current pitch, while beyond is the Helensburgh Football Club pitch and pavilion. In the distance is the Larchfield School pavilion. Image circa 1930.
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Two Burgh Hospitals1341 viewsOn the left is the Victoria Infirmary, built in 1895 to the design of the celebrated architect William Leiper and partly in use today, and on the right is the Helensburgh Infectious Diseases Hospital which was in operation from 1875 to 1956. It was demolished three years later. Image date unknown.
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Cairndhu Hotel1340 viewsA card advertising the historic Cairndhu Hotel, later a nursing home for the elderly and now disused, photographed by Helensburgh photographer Bill Benzie. Originally Cairndhu House, it was built in 1871 to a William Leiper design in the style of a grand chateau for John Ure, Provost of Glasgow, whose son became Lord Strathclyde and lived in the mansion.. Image supplied by Jim Chestnut.
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Craigendoran Station1339 viewsA view of Craigendoran Station in its heyday, with the platform on the left leading down to the steamer terminal. It opened for business under the North British Railway on May 15 1882, and steamer services were finally withdrawn in 1972. The piers have since become derelict, and on the firth side of the line the station buildings are long gone. Image date unknown.
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West Clyde Street looking west1339 viewsView from Sinclair Street looking west, showing cars — some with the registration plate readable — a coach with 'W.Innes' on the rear, the Imperial Hotel, shops, and old lamp-posts, circa 1935.
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Hydro Demolition1339 viewsOriginally West Shandon, this magnificent building was the home of Robert Napier, the greatest figure in Clyde shipbuilding and marine engineering in the mid-19th century. During World War One the Hydro became a hospital, and in World War Two it was used by the army. In 1951 it became a hotel again, but in 1957 it was closed and demolished.
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