Shandon People and History

Shandon Visitors in September 1882

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This is a post particularly for my readers researching their family history.

How marvelous it would be to find out where your ancestors holidayed!

Jacqueline

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THE HELENSBURGH NEWS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1882

SHANDON

SHANDON HYDROPATHIC VISITORS LIST

Mr George Drummond and Mr Joseph Gardiner, Glasgow
Mr Milne and valet, Miss Milne, Miss G J Milne, and Mr A H Milne, Aberdeen
Mr and Mrs G A Hudwen and maid, Halifax
Mr W H Swire and servant, Miss Swire and maid, Miss M H Swire
Miss A B Swire, Mr C Swire, and Mrs Fort, London
Captain and Mrs Obert, Glasgow
Major Sharp
Mr, Mrs and Miss Booker, Edmonston
Miss Phillpotts and Fleming, London
Mr and Miss Hickman and Miss Florence Stagurrock, Selby Hill
Mr and Mrs Y P HIckman and Miss Crump, Derby
Mr Yice and the Misses Yice
Mr Cartwright, Louth
Major Woodward, Clevedon
Hon. Arthur C C Plunket, Londonderry
Mr and Mrs Youngson and family, Aberdeen
Mr Goodbody, Miss J E Goodbody, and Miss J B Goodbody
Mr Dryborough, Edinburgh
Mr and Mrs Marrable
Mr S, and Miss Suttie, Arbroath
Mr Dudley Docker, Birmingham
Mr and Mrs Huntly and Miss Hunt, Blackheath
Mr Geo. Halliday, Glasgow
Mr J Thomas, Mr C Aird, Mr and Mrs Scott, and Miss Scott, Edinburgh
Mr John Graves, Edgbaston
Dr Cameron, MP, Mrs Cameron, nurse and child, Glasgow
Mrs and Mrs Gunn, Crieff
Mr and Mrs C J Cooper
Mr Teesdale, Lincoln
Mr G M Roland, Edinburgh
Mr George Tomkins, London
Mr James Jamieson, Kirkcaldy
Mr John Ritchie, Trinity
Rev John and Mrs Inglis
Mr James Allan, Helensburgh
Mr Dunlop and Mr J S Hare, Bristol
Mr Peter Kennedy, Renfrew
Mr and Mrs Boyd, Dublin
Mr Edward B Lemon, Chester
Mr and Miss Fulton, Mr and Mrs Ramage and Councillor Crighton, Edinburgh
Mr S Hamilton Reid, Dublin
Mrs and Mrs Murray and maid and Mr G Stirling, London
Mr W Melvin and Miss Melvin, Alloa
Mrs and Mrs Newburn, Warford, Hull, Alderley
Mr G H Moffatt, Taylor, London
Mr James Alex Forrest, Liverpool
Mr James McLagan, and Mr James Chisholm, Edinburgh
Mr John Annan, Mr Finlay Smith, and Mr Robert Mills, Glasgow
Mr Alex Massoom, Kirkliston
Rev A G MacAlpine, Gorebridge
Mr J J Goudie and Master Goudie, Glasgow
Mr and Mrs Geo Walker, Newtonards
Mr J C R Thomas, London
Mr Todd, Glasgow
Mr W Ibbotson, London
Mr J A Imrie
Mr Fred A Smith and Mr W W Bedford, Glasgow
Mr Richard Day, London
Mr Joseph Stephens, Walsall
Rev D S McDonald
Mr W Burness, Edinburgh
Mr Walter C Wren
Mr and Mrs G W Morrison, Leeds
Mr W Dodshon, Stockton
Mr A M Springett, Oxford
Mrs, Miss and Mr S Todd, Ilkley

The Oratorio

THE HELENSBURGH NEWS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1884

SHANDON

COURSE OF LECTURES

The Church here was crowded on Friday evening last to hear Mr Thomas Brash’s lecture on the ‘Oratorio’. Mr Brash gave a historical account of its development and progress down to the present time.

The lecture was a great success, and its interest was greatly increased by the vocal illustrations which were given by Mrs Christian Williams and Miss Mainds, and a select choir from Helensburgh. Mr Brash himself rendering valuable assistance at the harmonium.

Mr Walter McLellan, junior, occupied the chair, and proposed a vote of thanks to Mr Brash and the ladies and gentlemen who assisted him, which was heartily responded to by the audience; a similar vote to the chairman brought the proceedings to a close.

A waiting room and the bowling green

THE HELENSBURGH NEWS, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1883

SHANDON

OUR WAITING ROOM

Those who love flowers – and who do not? – will be delighted with a visit to our waiting room on the pier. The collection is not large, but it contains some very choice plants in flower very tastefully arranged. The flowers are a great source of attraction to peoples landing here, and Mr Vallance is to be complimented on the fine taste he displays in their arrangement.

THE BOWLING GREEN

We understand that ex-Baillie Morrison, of Glasgow, will open the bowling green on Saturday first. We hope the weather may be favourable.

Electricity and the Telephone

THE HELENSBURGH NEWS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1886

DISTRICT NEWS

SHANDON

COURSE OF LECTURES

On Friday evening, the schoolroom was crowded to hear a lecture by Mr James Bell, of Summerhill, the subject being ‘Electricity and the Telephone’.

He said that it was not his intention to occupy much time with a lecture, but rather to instruct and amuse the audience by giving them practical illustrations of the wonders of the sciences.

The room was accordingly lit up with electricity, and a telephone was connected from Summerhill to the schoolroom.

The lecture was highly appreciated, and at its close, a hearty vote of thanks was conveyed to Mr Bell by the Rev. Hugh Miller, MA, who presided.

Lady Nairne and a Children’s Treat

THE HELENSBURGH NEWS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1892.

SHANDON

LADY NAIRNE AND HER SONGS

A lecture was delivered on Thursday evening last by the Rev. Mr Miller, the subject being ‘Lady Nairne and her Songs’. The lecture was made very interesting by vocal illustrations of the songs by a choir under the conductorship of Mr D McCallum, and accompanied on the piano by Miss Jessie Buchanan.

CHILDREN’S TREAT

Mr and Mrs Hartley, Craigmore, entertained the school children to a tea and bus treat. A tree laden with gifts was presented to the children, all of whom received several presents.

Shandon Mutual Improvement Society in 1886

THE HELENSBURGH NEWS, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1886

DISTRICT NEWS

SHANDON

MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY

The annual conversazione of this association was held in the Schoolhouse on Friday evening. There was a large attendance and Mr Andrew J Kilpatrick occupied the chair.

The chairman gave a very interesting address on the pleasures of reading and the love of books, and thereafter a programme of readings, songs, and concerted music was gone through in a satisfactory manner.

The annual report of the association was read by Mr W Priestley, and showed that the past session had been the most successful since its institution.

A vote of thanks to the Rev. Mr Miller and the committee who had conducted the session’s lectures was conveyed to these gentlemen.

Hydro Entertainment

THE HELENSBURGH NEWS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1884

SHANDON

ENTERTAINMENT AT THE HYDROPATHIC

During the past week the visitors at the Shandon Hydropathic Establishment have enjoyed a round of excellent entertainments.

Dr Moxey, the popular elocutionist, and professor of that art in the Free Church College, Edinburgh, gave a very attractive reading on Monday.

Laurence Gane, Esq., barrister, Middle Temple, London, gave a lecture on ‘Charles Dickens’ and the subject, which is always a popular one, was treated in a critical and appreciative spirit by the learned lecturer.

But literature was not the only source from which the visitors were amused, and the physical side of life’s enjoyments was exemplified by swimming matches, and the different styles of swimming, given under the guidance of Mr Stanley Priestley.

Shandon Proposals

THE GLASGOW DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1871

SHANDON

FREE GARDENERS

On Wednesday evening a meeting was held at Shandon – Mr Alexander McCallum presiding – to consider the propriety of forming a Lodge of Free Gardeners for Helensburgh, Row, Shandon, and Garelochhead.

Resolutions favourable to this object were agreed to, and it was resolved that these, together with correspondence on the subject with Lodges already formed, should be forwarded to Helensburgh for the purpose of being laid before a meeting to be held there on an early day.

It may be mentioned that this movement to form a Lodge of Free Gardeners is accompanied by a proposal to establish a Mutual Improvement Society in connection therewith.

Shandon Mutual Improvement Society in March 1883

THE HELENSBURGH NEWS, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1883

SHANDON – MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY

In connection with this association, a grand literary and musical entertainment was given in the schoolroom on Thursday evening last, when every available inch of space within its walls was occupied by a large and enthusiastic audience, who long before the hour of commencement had gathered together, many of them from a considerable distance.

The entertainment was certainly one of the best of the whole course, and each of the artistes, at the close of his or her performance, was greeted with enthusiastic applause. The programme was of the most varied and mixed nature, and while the audience were at times raptured in silence, listening to the sweet strains of some delightful solo, they were again roused to the highest pitch of mirth by the humorous and side-splitting recitations of a couple of Glasgow gentlemen, whose efforts aided considerably to make the evening an unqualified success.

Of the ladies, the song of Miss Finlay, ‘Come o’er the moonlit sea’ was much enjoyed, while those of Miss Lindsay, ‘The Kerry dance’ and ‘Killarney’ were equally so. Mr Harrison’s ‘Bay of Biscay’ was a powerful rendering of this well-known song, and for which he received an enthusiastic encore, while his part of the duet, ‘The minute gun at sea’ accompanied by Mr McCallum, was quite as telling.

A most pleasing feature of the evening’s entertainment was several selections on the violin and piano by Messrs D McCallum and Ingram, and although for a time the audience was held as it were spellbound, as the strains gradually quickened the bonds of restrain were fairly broken, and the musicians finished under a perfect storm of applause. Last though not least at the end of a lengthy programme was the catch song ‘Call John’, sang by a quartette under the able leadership of Mr McCallum, and which at the finish had to be repeated.

The piano for the occasion was kindly lent by Mrs O’Bryan, Greenhill, while the duties of chairman were most pleasingly performed by Mr W MacLellan, jun., Blairvaddich.

The ninth of the course of public lectures will be given on Friday evening first by Rev Wm Leitch, Helensburgh, the subject being ‘Readers and Readings’.

Destruction of Shandon House

THE GLASGOW CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1847

DESTRUCTION OF SHANDON HOUSE BY FIRE

On Wednesday morning, about 6 o’clock, the inmates of the mansion-house of Walter Buchanan, Esq, of Shandon, were roused by fire breaking out in the upper part of the building, which, with the exception of the two wings, was in a very short time entirely burnt to the ground.

The people in the neighbourhood assembled in great numbers to render their assistance, and, ably directed by Mr Robert Napier, they succeeded in saving a part of the furniture and effects. It is presumed that fire had arisen from the ignition of a beam of timber in connection with one of the vents. It is understood that the property is insured.