Helensburgh Heritage
Welcome to Helensburgh Heritage
WELCOME to the Helensburgh Heritage Trust website.
We hope you find it simple to navigate, with many articles, a large Photo Gallery, letters from readers, downloads, and weblinks to heritage and local organisations.
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Deborah Kerr and Helensburgh
HELENSBURGH people have long embraced Deborah Kerr as their very own film star, but the time she sp...
Henry Bell and the Comet
2012 was the year of the bicentenary of Henry Bell's Comet steamship, and the Comet Bicentenary Comm...
What is on this website
THE Helensburgh Heritage Trust website has four main areas . . . Latest News, Heritage items, Trust ...
Visit our Photo Gallery
THE Helensburgh Heritage Trust Photo Gallery has 1,518 images in 21 different albums. To find a part...
Cronin classic on dvd
THE first twelve episodes of the very popular 1960s medical drama Dr Finlay’s Casebook — based on stories by the Cardross-born and Helensburgh and Dumbarton-educated best-selling author A.J.Cronin — have just been released on dvd.
Trust buys historic clock
AN HISTORIC carriage clock presented to a Boer War soldier from Helensburgh in 1901 has returned to the town for the first time in many years.
Janitor praised by Kitchener
A SERGEANT-MAJOR from Helensburgh who died in action during World War One was described by Lord Kitchener as a credit to his country.
Rosneath's Princess
HER Royal Highness Princess Louise, daughter of Queen Victoria, had a huge impact on Helensburgh and Garelochside, where she lived in Rosneath Castle and loved the beauty and quietness of the Gareloch.
Trust Photo Gallery
View this photo and over 1,400 more at the Heritage Trust Photo Gallery. Visit the gallery.
First Winter Talk
The first 2013-14 winter talk is on Wednesday September 25 at 7.30pm at Helensburgh Lawn Tennis Club, when Joe Brown will talk about the historic Ferry Inn at Rosneath. Non-members are most welcome.
The Heritage Centre
Visit Helensburgh Heritage Trust’s Heritage Centre at Helensburgh Library during library opening hours: Monday 1-8pm; Tuesday 9.30am-1pm, 2-5pm; Wednesday 9.30am-1pm, 2-5pm; Thursday 1-8pm; Friday 1-5pm; Saturday 9.30am-1pm, 2-5pm.
Winter Talks 2013-14
- Wednesday September 25 2013 — Joe Brown: The Ferry Inn, Rosneath
- Wednesday October 30 — AGM at 7pm; David Norman: Loch Goil — noises off
- Wednesday November 27 — Mark Nixon: The 1884 Reform Act Agitation in Helensburgh and Dunbartonshire
- Wednesday January 29 2014 — John Birch: The Training Ships Cumberland and Empress
- Wednesday February 26 — James Donald: Alexander Donald of Geilston — Friend of Thomas Jefferson
- Wednesday March 26 — Ian Evans: Helensburgh's Postal History
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