Miscellaneous

Other reminiscences crowd in.

Royalty

The quiet summer afternoon on which the Queen sailed from Campsail Bay with a following of all the Clyde steamers, past Cove to the mouth of Lochgoil and thence to Rothesay Bay.

Floods

The night of storm when Lindowan burst its barrier and swept down on Kilcreggan, a temporary Niagara, with the weight as well as the noise of many waters. People were floated out of bed and several narrow escapes experienced.

Sailing

The first regatta of the district off Cove Pier with MacFarlane's sloop, the "Gypsy" moored as Commodore ship, and a Campbell of Tullichewan acting.

Preachers

Norman MacLeod preaching from the piazza at Craigowlet on a Sunday afternoon, a crowd filling the green and the public road outside.

Prime Minister

Lord John Russell riding past Kirklea and not looking quite the ideal Prime Minister.

Discourse

Candlish, here, there and everywhere with the fighting terrier of the season, carrying a cudgel to restrain his ardour, and discoursing unforgettably to great crowds on the few Sundays he could spare.

Rowing

The contest for the rowing championship of Scotland between Perth, Dumbarton and Glasgow crews along the broad sea-lane, kept open by patrol boats, from Garelochhead to Roseneath, in which Perth won by two boat lengths.

Lorne Campbell

The parish holiday on which several hundreds of Roseneath folk, by the kindness of Lorne Campbell, visited H.M.S. Powerful, 84, at the Tail of the Bank. To Lorne Campbell the burgh is indebted for its school buildings and endowments, and the little harbour of Craigrownie, and the United Free Church for its splendid site. The idea of the harbour originated with Robert Campbell of Clachan but was carried out by Lorne Campbell.

Shipwreck

The stranding and loss of the fast steamer "Eclipse" on the Gantocks on a bright autumn day.

Channel Fleet

The Channel Fleet of over 30 ships going out under sail against a south wind and, viewed from the high road, a spectacle never more to be seen!

Volunteers

The march of local Volunteers headed by two pipers and a brass band, to Ardpeaton where Henry Glassford Bell was the presiding genius.

School opening

The opening of Kilcreggan School, built by Lorne Campbell and gifted by him to the parish.

Oratory

Delivery of George Roy's "Orations"at Kilcreggan whereby the parochial centre of fun - if not of gravity- became altered, causing the wise men of the East to leave Clynder and even Garelochhead to listen to the unrivalled expositor and mimic.

School Board

The inauguration of the School Board, and the humour of the first polling which took place at Roseneath and Cove. In taking the necessary prior declaration of secrecy before the local Justice of Peace, the two acting clerks were sworn in an offhand way: "The usual formula, gentlemen. Hold up your hands. Repeat after me; I swear that I will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth!"