Ball – Shandon People and History

The Hydropathic Hotel: Crime and a Ball

DUMBARTON HERALD AND COUNTY ADVERTISER, WEDNESDAY 8TH APRIL 1885 GARELOCHHEAD. THEFT. At the sheriff court, Dumbarton, last week – before Sheriff Gebbie – Margaret Smith, a housemaid in the Shandon Hydropathic pled guilty to stealing five one pound notes, the property of Jane White, a housemaid at the Hydropathic. The money was secured in aContinue reading “The Hydropathic Hotel: Crime and a Ball”

Servants’ Balls at the Hydro

HELENSBURGH NEWS, THURSDAY 7TH JANUARY 1886 SHANDON. SERVANTS’ BALL AT THE HYDROPATHIC. The annual assembly of the servants of this very popular establishment took place on Tuesday of last week. There was a very large array of partners on the floor of the ball-room, and everything went off in the highest spirit and smoothness. AnContinue reading “Servants’ Balls at the Hydro”