Helensburgh Heritage

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Welcome to Helensburgh Heritage

Welcome to Helensburgh Heritage

WELCOME to the Helensburgh Heritage Trust website. We hope you will find it simple to navigate, with the articles easy to read and well illustrated. ... Read more...
Trust spotlights Comet bicentenary

Trust spotlights Comet bicentenary

HELENSBURGH Heritage Trust has been very conscious of the forthcoming bicentenary of Hen...
Deborah Kerr and Helensburgh

Deborah Kerr and Helensburgh

HELENSBURGH people have long embraced Deborah Kerr as their very own film star, but the ...
What is on this website

What is on this website

THE Helensburgh Heritage Trust website is divided into four main areas . . . Latest News...
Visit our Photo Gallery

Visit our Photo Gallery

THE Trust Photo Gallery has 967 images in 20 different albums — including one spot...
 

Book on local railways published

Book on local railways published AN interest in railways has been shared by many people in Helensburgh since the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway Company arrived in 1858. Whi...
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Village heritage group's story told

Village heritage group's story told   MEMBERS of Helensburgh Heritage Trust heard the story of the award-winning Arrochar, Tarbet and Ardlui Heritage Group at their penultimate meeting of the 2009-1...
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The Victoria Hall

The Victoria Hall ONE of Helensburgh's most impressive buildings is the Victoria Hall, halfway up Sinclair Street. It was built at the end of the 19th century and has been added to and improv...
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The 1st Baron Strathclyde

The 1st Baron Strathclyde ONE of the great advocates of his generation spent both his childhood and his retirement at Cairndhu, the family home on Helensburgh seafront which is now a care home and was ...
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Heritage Trust Photo Gallery

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View this photograph and many more at the Heritage Trust Photo Gallery. Visit the gallery

Next Winter Meeting

charlotte_rostek_davis_hs.jpgThe next open meeting is on Wednesday March 31 at Helensburgh Lawn Tennis Club at 7.30pm. Charlotte Rostek Davis will talk about the many attractions of Dumfries House.

Winter Talks

  • September 30 2009 — Helensburgh Memorabilia Night. Members invited to bring items of interest for viewing and discussion.
  • October 28 — AGM at 7pm; at 7.30 Simon Green: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland: Ancient and Historic Monuments in the Clyde area. 
  • November 25 — Keith Hall: The history of Faslane.
  • January 27 2010 — Dr Martin MacGregor: The First Scottish War of Independence, 1286-1329.
  • Wednesday February 24 — Mary Haggarty: Arrochar, Tarbet and Ardlui Heritage Group.
  • Wednesday March 31 — Charlotte Rostek Davis: The fascination of Dumfries House.