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Torchlight Cruises

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Torchlight Cruises

A postcard from 1904 showing some of the entertainers on the Torchlight Cruises from Rothesay.

Evening cruises with on-board entertainment were very popular around the Clyde seaside resorts before the First World War.

Reference: STA JLC PP 347

Glasgow University Library, Special Collections

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bagpipers, bagpipes, dancers, doon the watter, drums, excursions, fashions, girls, hats, holidays, musicians, paddle steamers, River Clyde, seaside resorts, ships, torchlight cruises, women



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