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THIS Helensburgh Heritage Trust website attracts many inquiries from abroad — usually about family history.
One email inquiry early in 2010 came from Karen Ondrasek, a financial controller in Dayton, Ohio, and in early August she took it a step further by coming to stay for two nights at Rhu’s Rosslea Hall Hotel as she researched her roots.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 17 February 2011 10:19 )
Read more...HELENSBURGH-born actress Morven Christie was the reader for episode 3 of the BBC Radio 4 programme Opening Lines on Thursday August 19 2010.
Opening Lines gives emerging short-story writers their radio debut, and Morven read the final story in this series, 'Kiss' by Heather Reid.
Last Updated ( Monday, 23 August 2010 14:44 )
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A RHU house occupied for five years by the son of publisher Walter W.Blackie — who commissioned the building of Hill House in Helensburgh by Charles Rennie MacKintosh — has been put up for sale.
Offers over £495,000 are being invited for The Moss in Pier Road by agents Rettie & Co. of 147 Bath Street, Glasgow. It was bought by Walter G.Blackie in January 1941, and he and his family lived there until 1945 when they moved to Auchengower, James Street, Helensburgh.
Last Updated ( Friday, 17 August 2012 12:12 )
Read more...THE Glasgow Boys exhibition on view in Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Museum — which features works painted around the Helensburgh area and by local artists — has been well attended and highly acclaimed. But the gender balance was redressed!
An exhibition of paintings, decorative and applied art by the Glasgow Girls (1890–1930) opened in Kirkcudbright Town Hall on Saturday July 3 and ran until the end of August.
Last Updated ( Saturday, 04 September 2010 18:19 )
Read more...A PAINTING of the Gareloch by an eminent Scottish artist is currently being offered for sale on Ebay. The asking price was £1,250, but it has now been reduced to £550.
The 15 inches by 9 inches watercolour by Sir James Lewis Caw (1864-1950), who was the director of the Scottish National Gallery and National Portrait Gallery from 1907-1930, is entitled 'Gareloch, Helensburgh'.
Last Updated ( Saturday, 03 July 2010 11:58 )
Read more...AN interest in railways has been shared by many people in Helensburgh since the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway Company arrived in 1858.
While only the occasional special steam train passes these days on the West Highland Line, the age of steam trains continues to hold a special fascination.
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 01 June 2010 15:42 )
Read more...THE Anderson Trust has just opened a new exhibition in Helensburgh Library which focuses on paintings recently acquired by the Trust.
The Trust art collection specialises in works associated, either by artist or subject matter, with Helensburgh and the surrounding areas.
Last Updated ( Saturday, 08 May 2010 10:14 )
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View this photo and over 1,550 more at the Heritage Trust Photo Gallery. Visit the gallery.
The final talk of the winter series is on Wednesday March 26 at 7.30pm at Helensburgh Tennis Club. Ian Evans will talk about the postal history of Helensburgh.
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