HELENSBURGH has always been a popular destination for day trippers and holidaymakers, despite its variable weather.
The visitors have been vital to the burgh’s economy and this was just as true a century ago. A Helensburgh guide book from the early 1900s noted: “Tourist people are no fools; well they know good summer quarters as the troutling knows the pools.”
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 10 August 2010 16:18 )
A SEARCH has been launched for information about one of the stunning mansions in Rhu, Laggary House, and its occupants.
The B-listed building which towers over the Laggary Park development in what was originally its grounds is an Italianate house with towers, in honey-coloured sandstone, and now contains four flats.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 04 August 2010 14:58 )
A REPORT compiled for Helensburgh Town Council on the state of the streets in the town 1845 gives a fascinating insight to the early days.
Last Updated ( Saturday, 03 July 2010 17:37 )
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 improved on several occasions.
Last Updated ( Saturday, 03 July 2010 17:29 )
WHEN it comes to the earliest school, or schools, in Helensburgh, there is a dearth of information in official documents, but a plausible picture does begin to emerge from snippets in a variety of sources.
One useful work which does provide some clues is the book "A Nonogenarian's Reminiscences of Garelochside and Helensburgh", by Donald MacLeod (1883). The author is not a nonagenarian — that designation applies to his uncle, Gabriel MacLeod.
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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.
HELENSBURGH HERITAGE TRUST
Scottish Charity
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