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Late Arrival!

THE train which arrived at Helensburgh Library in West King Street in May 2008 was a very special train which last arrived in the town round about 1890.

It is a painting by artist, writer and railway enthusiast extraordinary C.Hamilton Ellis, and it shows a train bound for Helensburgh at a point just to the west of Cardross.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 12 May 2010 13:41 )

 

Exhibition tribute to Gregor Ian Smith

APRIL 18 2007 was the centenary of the birth of well known local artist Gregor Ian Smith, who died in 1985, and to mark the occasion Helensburgh Heritage Trust put together a display of his works, many of which had not been seen in public before.

I first met Gregor Ian when I was a child and when he and his wife Kathleen and their five children — Graham, Charles, Campbell, Kirsteen and Duncan — lived in West Argyle Street.

Last Updated ( Saturday, 01 May 2010 07:47 )

Helensburgh Station Bench

A VERY heavy piece of the history of Helensburgh Central Station was returned to the station in May 2008 — thanks to Helensburgh Heritage Trust.

When the Church of Scotland decided to close the Clyde View Eventide Home on East Montrose Street, they offered to the Trust an old station bench bearing the word Helensburgh, which must have been in use at the station in years gone by.

Last Updated ( Saturday, 01 May 2010 07:51 )

Helensburgh Heritage Trust Directors

Board of Directors

President
Professor Malcolm Baird

 

 

Chairman

 

H.Stewart Noble, M.A., M.Sc.

 

 

Minutes Secretary
Donald S.Fullarton, M.B.E., K.St.J., FSAScot

 

 

Directors
Dr Nigel Allan

Kenneth Crawford, F.Inst.L.Ex., M.C.I.M.

Cecilia M.Dunlop

Marion Gillies

Derek Hall, B.Sc(Hons)., M.Sc(Tech)., F.I.O.D.

Alistair McIntyre, B.Sc.

Jenny Sanders, M.A.

 

 

Newsletter Editor
Kenneth Crawford

 

Website

Editor: Donald Fullarton
Webmaster: Jim Chestnut
 

http://www.helensburgh-heritage.co.uk

 

Honorary Life Members

Mike Davis

Billy Petrie, O.B.E., J.P., D.L.

 

 

Company Number: SC 163677
Scottish Charity: SC 024603

Last Updated ( Friday, 07 December 2012 10:41 )

Outing to Luss

MEMBERS of Helensburgh Heritage Trust travelled to Luss on the evening of Wednesday April 30 2008 to visit the village's Pilgrimage Centre.

The tour of the centre was conducted by the minister, the Rev Dane Sherard.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:48 )

Heritage Trust Newsletters: chronological index

THREE different systems of identifying newsletters has been used:

1. Until June 2008, each newsletter had a volume and issue number and a date; thus 5/2 10/00 is volume 5, issue 2, October 2000.

Last Updated ( Monday, 25 March 2013 17:17 )

Heritage Trust Newsletters: subject index

THREE different systems of identifying newsletters have been used:

1. Until June 2008, each newsletter had a volume and issue number and a date; thus 5/2 10/00 is volume 5, issue 2, October 2000.

Last Updated ( Monday, 25 March 2013 17:26 )

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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

Charity Number

HELENSBURGH HERITAGE TRUST
Scottish Charity
SC024603