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1970s tennis winners1203 viewsTrophy winners at Helensburgh Lawn Tennis Club are seen in this image, circa 1975. From left: Donald Fullarton, Alex Hamilton, Alistair Hope, Marie Dixon, Gill Thomson, Jean Dron, Sue Forster, Lesley Cocks, Duncan Robson, Muriel Borland.
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TSS Duchess of Montrose1202 viewsThe 806-ton turbine steamer was launched on May 10 1930 at the yard of William Denny & Bros Ltd., Dumbarton. The first 'one-class' vessel on the Clyde, she cruised in the lower Firth to Arran, Ayr and as far as Stranraer, Campbeltown and Inveraray, and she remained on the Clyde during World War II serving Wemyss Bay and Rothesay. Converted to oil in 1956 she undertook the long cruises, especially to Inveraray, in the post-war period. She was withdrawn in 1964, and scrapped in Ghent, Belgium, in 1965.
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Spirited Performance1201 viewsThe cast of the Garelochhead Players production of 'Blithe Spirit' in April 1982.
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Rotary bookstall1201 viewsMembers of Helensburgh Rotary Club pictured running a bookstall beside the esplanade putting green in 2002. From left: Denis Taylor, Dilwyn Jones, Jim McBlane, Gordon Hattle, George Boyd, ?, and Graham Smith.
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Detail from Hill House1200 viewsThis study of a stencilled wallpaper in Mackintosh's Hill House at the top of Upper Colquhoun Street was taken by Colin Baxter for the book 'Remembering Charles Rennie Mackintosh' by Alistair Moffat, published in 1989 by Seven Hill Books, and is copyright Colin Baxter Photography.
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Hermitage c.19451200 viewsA Hermitage Primary School class from around 1945. Back row from left: Andy Wiseman, ?, Jim Aitken, Arthur Thomson, ?, Gordon Peebles, ?,  ?. 2nd back row: Billy Campbell, Walter Marshal, Ian Smith, Jim Steel, George Douglas, Cosmo Fraser, ?, Gordon Fraser, Sandy Peters. 3rd row from back: ?, Isobel Thornton, ?, ?, Mary Howie,  Rita Todd, ?, ?. 4th row from back: Francis Black, ?, Margaret Lyon, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, Irene Armstrong. Front row: ?, ?, ?, ?, Sheila Morton. Other names would be welcomed. Image supplied by Gordon Fraser.
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Percy Pilcher in flight1199 viewsPercy flies the Hawk glider at Eynsford in 1897.
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The Henry Bell monument1199 viewsThe monument to steamship pioneer Henry Bell, Helensburgh's first Provost, on the seafront at the foot of James Street. Image date unknown.
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East Bay shelter1199 viewsThe East Bay shelter used to provide a welcome place for coach parties visiting Helensburgh to have tea and look out at the Clyde. It was later taken over by a firm of architects as an office. When it was decided to demolish it in the 1980s a campaign to save it was unsuccessful. Image by Stewart Noble.
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Seafront bandstand1198 viewsA 1910 image of the bandstand on Helensburgh's West Esplanade, with the Granary building and the Old Parish Church beyond.
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Gregor Ian Smith1197 viewsHelensburgh artist Gregor Ian Smith pictured in his Glen Fruin studio during the time he was doing a series of paintings of women picking mussels. Image taken and supplied by Fiona E.Mackie. Image circa 1964.
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Land of Smiles-11196 viewsPrincipals in the cast of the Helensburgh Amateur Operatic Society 1969 show 'Land of Smiles' are pictured.
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