Dunoon
Britishnoun
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Labour peer Lord Robertson is set to retire from his role as chairman of Western Ferries, a privately-owned firm operating between Gourock and Dunoon, at the end of the year.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2023
The former defence secretary, who served under Tony Blair's government, was born in Islay and raised in Dunoon.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2023
HMP Greenock is a local community-facing prison, receiving offenders mainly from courts in Greenock, Campbeltown, Oban, Dunoon and surrounding Inverclyde and North Strathclyde areas.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2023
TS Queen Mary was built in 1933 by shipbuilders William Denny in Dumbarton, for many years providing "doon the watter" trips from Glasgow to destinations such as Dunoon, Rothesay, Millport and Arran.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2023
Facing the pier a statue was erected in 1898 of Mary Campbell, Burns’s “Highland Mary,” who was a native of Dunoon.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
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