Description: Military Medal, a medal awarded for acts of gallantry and devotion to duty under fire. Awarded to Sergeant-Wheeler J Findlay. His citation reads ‘For bravery at Roclincourt on the night of the 1st/2nd April 1917, when taking up ammunition to Trench Mortar...
Description: A group of World War I medals won by Alexander McKinnon. They include the Military Medal, a medal awarded for acts of gallantry and devotion to duty under fire. His citation reads ‘During the battle of Englefontaine on the morning of Nov 4th 1918, this...
Description: A 1917 penny mounted in a frame and gilded. It was presented to Provost James McMillan. The inscription reads ‘Rothesay Harbour Trust. First Toll taken at Pier turnstile 2.4.17. Paid by James McMillan Provost’ Origin: From April 1917, every passenger...
Description: A china pot with a lid bearing the crest of the Royal Burgh of Rothesay. Around the hole in the lid are the words hair-tidy. Victorian ladies had a hair tidy as part of their dressing table set. Hair from brushes and combs were deposited in the pot to be...
Object: Bottle of Jordan WaterDate: 20th cDescription: A clear glass bottle from Bute Medical Hall containing ‘Water from Jordan brought by J KingHewison 1909’. It is topped with an olive wood stopper.Origin: James King Hewison was minister of the High Kirk in...
Object: Enamel signDate: 20th centuryDescription: Enamel on metal warning sign, advising people to exercise care when taking out one of themany rowing boats available for hire. Approximately 20cms.Origin: From one of the boat-hiring stations along the Esplanade. There...
Object: Carving from PS Duchess of FifeDate: 20th cDescription: A wooden carving from the paddle box of the Paddle Steamer Duchess of Fife. The carvingrepresents the arms of the Duchess of Fife who was Louise, the Princess Royal, granddaughter ofQueen Victoria.Origin:...
Object: Wooden Plaque Date: 20th c Description: Wooden plaque carved by a former German P.O.W. commemorating the campaigns in which the 241 (2nd Bute) Anti-Tank Battery Royal Artillery served. The Unit was formed in 1939 under the command of Major ATJ Maclagan and...
Object: Watercolour Painting of a Puffer Date: 20th c Description:. Watercolour painting of Pibroch in Rothesay Bay. Puffers were the workhorses of the Clyde estuary and West Coast, carrying anything and everything. The Pibroch was launched in 1923 and serviced the...
Object: Crest from X-Craft Date: 20th C Description: Brass crest mounted on a wooden shield. This crest came from midget submarine HMS/M Excitable XE12. This craft was one of the second group of midget submarines. It was built by Marshall in 1944 and paid off in 1952....
Object: Destination Boards Date: 20th c Description: Destination board from the Paddle Steamer Talisman. There were two vessels of that name, the first built in 1896 and the second in 1935. The name part is from the Talisman, the place name boards are from a...
Object: Sixpence Coin Date: 20th c Description: A 1958 sixpence in a Royal Mint box. This sixpence was given to Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Rothesay in 1958 so that she could give it back! The Queen was to be presented with a dirk for Prince Charles (Duke of...
Object: Marble Peevers Date: 20th century Description : A pair of marble peevers. These were used for playing hopscotch and most children used an empty boot polish tin or a flat stone. These two, white marble peevers belonged to Janet and Margaret McCrone who...
Object: Photo Archive Date: 20th century Description : Ladies Choir c.1958-1962 Back Row: May Mullen, Jessie Ross, Jean McPhail, Helen Lappin, Jean Currie Second Row: Margaret Lawson, Betty Cruickshanks, Anna Drew, Amelia Noddings, Evelyn Smith Third Row: Olive...
Object: Photo Archive Date: 20th century Description : St Blane’s Hotel and Bowling Green 1938 The area was well served having both this bowling green as well as the one beside the Kingarth Hotel. There was also a tennis court on the far side of the hotel. The...
Object: Photo Archive Date: 20th century Description : Rothesay Male Voice Choir was formed in 1928 and this photo was taken on the stage of the Winter Garden after an annual concert in the 1930s. Back Row Left to Right J.S.Slaven, J.McLea, A.MacQueen, T.Kirkwood,...
Object: Photo Archive Date: 20th century Description : Green Transport The Bute Creamery delivery method in the early 1960s (P14-0182, B9.46)
Object: Photo Archive Date: 20th century Description : Bridge Street in the 1960s (P03-2163, B11-14)
Object: Photo Archive Date: 20th century Description : Pointing Porters The pointing porters were a Rothesay tradition, plying their trade on Rothesay Pier. A bargain was struck to carry passenger luggage from the boat to the guest house by the mean of pointing. ...
Object: Photo Archive Date: 20th century Description : Victoria Street Rothesay, toast rack tram. (P12-0038, A6.243)
Object: Photo Archive Date: 20th century Description : Rothesay Pier c. 1955 (P05-0279, B13.100) (Rothesay Pier)
Object: Photo Archive Date: 20th century Description : Ardbeg and Loch Striven from Academy Road (P03-4656, B12.87)
Object: Photo Archive Date: 20th century Description : Rothesay Pier and Inner Harbour 1903 (P03-2720, B13.49)
Object: Photo Archive Date: 20th century Description : High Street, Rothesay late 1960s (P03-2375, B12.60)
Object: Photo Archive Date: 20th century Description : Albert Pier, Rothesay (P03-2373, B12.58)
Object: Photo Archive Date: 20th century Description : View from the Serpentine over Rothesay (P03-2368, B12.54)
Object: Photo Archive Date: 20th century Description : Guildford Square looking east showing horse drawn tram, Ewing Fountain pre 1902. (P03-2353, B12.43)
Object: Photo Archive Date: 20th century Description : Rothesay from the Bay showing old Academy building, St John’s and West Churches (P03-2330, B12.26)
Object: Photo Archive Date: 20th century Description : Guildford Square with Ewing Fountain and electric trams, Victoria Street, High Street corner post 1902 (P03-2325, B12.22)
Object: Photo Archive Date: 20th century Description : Rothesay Esplanade in Edwardian times (note no clock in spire of New Rothesay Parish Church (later St John’s Church) (P03-2322, B12.19)
Object: Photo Archive Date: 20th century Description : Ettrick Bay Pavilion with donkey carts c.1922 (P03-0469, A2.202)
Object: Photo Archive Date: 20th century Description : Midget submarine exercising in Loch Striven
Object: Photo Archive Date: 20th century Description : Port Bannatyne WWII Memorial with the plaque to commemorate the men from 12th Submarine Squadron (Midget Submarines) based at HMS Varbel who were lost during WWII (Wartime)
Object: Photo Archive Date: 20th century Description : Ladeside Street from Cuthills (P10-0128, A11.130)
Object: Photo Archive Date: 20th century Description : Talisman and Caledonia at Rothesay Pier, 1946. (P12-0136.046, RC. V.8 Pt1 p48)
Object: Photo Archive Date: 20th century Description : Mansion House, High Street (used as Custom House (P10-0081, A11.82)