A GARELOCHHEAD man was named top director at the 2008 Scottish BAFTAs.
Kenneth Glenaan, better known locally as Kenneth Grant, won the coveted prize for his film Summer, which starred Robert Carlyle, and it also took the Best Film award.
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Rhu artist's work highly prized
A YOUNG artist from Rhu who now lives and works in America has gained an international reputation, with her paintings selling for as much as 10,000 dollars.
Vicki Hopkinson — who comes home regularly for holidays — is particularly renowned for her paintings of animals.
Last Updated ( Monday, 09 August 2010 12:56 )
Deborah Kerr and Helensburgh
HELENSBURGH people have long embraced Deborah Kerr as their very own film star, but the time she spent in the town was very short.
Countless newspaper, magazine and website articles say that the Scottish girl who became the archetypal movie ‘perfect English rose’ was born in the burgh.
Last Updated ( Saturday, 10 December 2011 11:35 )
Deborah Kerr's jewellery sold
JEWELLERY owned by Helensburgh film star Deborah Kerr was sold at auction by Bonhams in London on Thursday December 4 2008 — and the prices exceeded all expectations.
Deborah Kerr, who was born in 1921 and died in Suffolk in October 2007, starred in more than 50 films over four decades, most memorably appearing in From Here to Eternity, with Burt Lancaster (1953), The King and I, with Yul Brynner (1956) and An Affair to Remember, with Cary Grant (1957).
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 21 April 2010 17:58 )
Landscape artist's work in demand
ONE of the most commercially successful of the current generation of Helensburgh and district artists is Mary Batchelor.
Mary’s very colourful works adorn art galleries throughout Britain and fetch high prices at art sales and auctions. She is inspired by Scottish landscapes and she matches its magical presence with vital colour and broad brush work.
Last Updated ( Sunday, 15 July 2012 18:15 )
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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.
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
All meetings are in the upstairs meeting room at Helensburgh Tennis Club, Suffolk Street, at 7.30pm
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