AN impressive Helensburgh building which began life as a lemonade factory later became an antique business and twice a garage.
It stood at the junction of East King Street and Lomond Street, where Fruin Court now stands.
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Helensburgh Penny Savings Bank
THE old maxim ‘take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves' was one of the slogans of the Helensburgh Penny Savings Bank.
Another was ‘persevere in the habit of saving, and you will soon acquire not only money, but comfort, respectability and independence'.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 28 April 2010 17:36 )
Turkish baths at Shandon
TURKISH baths on Garelochside were once a magnet for the rich and famous of the late Victorian age.
The attraction which brought them flocking from all over Britain was Shandon Hydro, a stately mansion which housed some of the finest state-of-the-art hydropathic baths, swimming and even indoor tennis facilities of its day.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 12 May 2010 20:19 )
Burgh boy founded photographic dynasty
A BOY who emigrated from Helensburgh to Australia at the age of just eleven went on to become one of the pioneers of early professional photography.
Despite being orphaned soon after arriving Down Under, burgh-born Thomas Mathewson started a family dynasty in the photographic business.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 29 April 2010 10:33 )
Business leader and charity founder
A HELENSBURGH man who was a captain of Scottish industry will also forever be associated with a charity which helps terminally ill cancer patients.
Douglas Hume, C.B.E., LL.D, was the last of four generations of his family to run the internationally-renowned Glasgow-based engineering firm James Howden & Co. Ltd., where he was managing director from 1964 to 1987 and chairman in 1988.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 29 April 2010 10:35 )
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First winter talk
David Norman will speak about Glen Fruin's Little Secret, the Admiralty Hydro Ballistic Research Establishment, on Wednesday September 29 at 7.30pm at Helensburgh Tennis Club, Suffolk Street.
Winter Talks
- Wednesday September 29 2010 — David Norman: Glen Fruin's Little Secret — A History of AH-BRE.
- Wednesday October 27 — AGM at 7pm; Stewart Noble: The Vanished Railways of Old Western Dunbartonshire.
- Wednesday November 24— Fiona Jackson and Sue Furness: The Excavations at High Morlaggan, Arrochar.
- Wednesday January 26 2011 — David Harvie: Diamonds in the Deli — J.B.Hannay.
- Wednesday February 23 — Tony Dance: Restoration of the Victoria Hall.
- Wednesday March 30 — Dr Martin MacGregor: The Battle of Glen Fruin — A MacGregor Perspective.
All meetings held in the upstairs meeting room at Helensburgh Lawn Tennis Club, Suffolk Street,
at 7.30pm
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