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  • Pier, "an important starting point for steamers"; Helensburgh, "a favourite watering-place with extensive steamboat connections"; and Shandon, "with a large hydropathic establishment."

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • I didn't realise that she was born in Helensburgh in Scotland.

    Filmstalker: Closing Credits: Deborah Kerr 2007

  • Born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer in Helensburgh, Scotland on September 30, 1921, Kerr relocated to London to study ballet, where her stage debut was in a performance of Prometheus.

    Death Notice: Deborah Kerr Arbogast 2007

  • Professor Swan, Ardchapel, Helensburgh — mark it private and confidential — one to yourself; and come on with criticisms!

    Vailima Letters 2005

  • It went to Scotland, discharged the gin, was sluiced through in Glasgow and picked up the bulk scotch at Fairley's warehouse near Helensburgh, in Dunbartonshire.

    PROOF Francis, Dick 1984

  • Before we reached the end of the loch we turned on the Dumbarton road, following the road for Helensburgh, as we wanted to see the River Clyde.

    From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

  • This road was fairly level, but about two miles from Helensburgh it rose to an elevation of about 300 feet.

    From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

  • We had pictured Helensburgh, from its name, as a very old town, and were rather surprised when we discovered that it was only founded at the close of the eighteenth century, by Sir James Colquhoun, who named the place after his wife, the Lady Helen Sutherland.

    From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

  • Stonehaven round to Helensburgh, between the Highlands and the Lowlands, and is about 120 miles in length.

    To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story Mark Wicks

  • Council, he retired a few years since to the village of Helensburgh, where he continues to reside.

    The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various

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