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Burgh editor began press dynasty

ONE of Glasgow’s most popular newspapers used to be the Evening Citizen . . . and it was founded and edited for many years by a Helensburgh man who started a press dynasty.

Last Updated ( Sunday, 03 March 2013 18:49 )

 

Gaps in hotel history

MUCH is known about a popular Helensburgh institution, the Queen’s Hotel in East Clyde Street, but there is a significant gap in the list of owners.

Henry Bell, the town’s first Provost, is believed to have opened the seafront hotel — then named the Baths Inn — with his wife Margaret in 1807, a year after he acquired the land.

Last Updated ( Sunday, 15 July 2012 09:53 )

Americans built oil terminal

FINNART Ocean Terminal is a petrochemical transfer facility on the eastern shore of Loch Long, about two miles north of Garelochhead.

Also known as Finnart Oil Terminal, it is made up of a series of piers which extend into the loch, with a deep berth able to accept tankers of up to 324,000 tonnes.

Last Updated ( Friday, 29 July 2011 16:58 )

Grandson tells Thomas Mathewson story

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. This is his story as told by one of his grandsons, Alan Reeve North, who has written a book about him.

Last Updated ( Monday, 28 March 2011 16:31 )

From lemonade to cars and antiques

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.

Last Updated ( Sunday, 17 June 2012 09:52 )

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First Winter Talk

Rosneath-Ferry-InnThe 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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HELENSBURGH HERITAGE TRUST
Scottish Charity
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