Boat hire, casual amusements, and small-scale seafront businesses once gave the bay a busier and more playful character.
What it was
Part of Dunoon’s tourism machine ran on modest, repeatable pleasures: hiring a boat, browsing stalls, or walking the front.
What was lost
A whole ecology of small businesses and the seasonal bustle that supported them.
What remains now
Mostly memory, with occasional visual echoes on old cards and photographs.
Research leads
Gather business names, prices, and family photos.
Memory prompt: Which little front-side businesses do people still talk about?