A SERGEANT-MAJOR from Helensburgh who died in action during World War One was described by Lord Kitchener as a credit to his country.
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Architect who designed burgh
HELENSBURGH is renowned for its grid pattern design, which was the vision of one man.
William Spence is not a household name, unlike the town’s founder, Sir James Colquhoun of Luss, Baronet, after whose wife Helen the town was named.
Last Updated ( Sunday, 19 May 2013 10:53 )
Life in Shandon POW camp
GARELOCHSIDE was the home of three World War Two prisoner of war camps, two at Shandon and one at Whistlefield, which remained for several years after the end of the war in 1945.
A fascinating article on life in one of the camps was published in the Helensburgh and Gareloch Times in April 1947.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 16 May 2013 15:59 )
The day the 'Iron Lady' came to town
THE death of Baroness Thatcher on April 8 2013 led to the great and the good producing all their views and memories — some favourable, some not so — of the ‘Iron Lady’.
In Helensburgh thoughts turned to her visit to the town on April 18 1975, when the first woman to lead a British political party was given a rapturous welcome.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 15 May 2013 11:33 )
Cove's Tin Hut Church demolished
A PIECE of Rosneath Peninsula and local religious history was demolished in March 2013.
It was not a surprise, but it was a sad day for many local residents when the ‘Tin Hut Church’ was pulled down.
Last Updated ( Friday, 03 May 2013 11:33 )
English soldiers built Fruin monument
A POPULAR attraction in Glen Fruin is the memorial stone commemorating the Battle of Glen Fruin.
The memorial was erected in 1968 at the west end of the glen, looking east over the area where the famous battle between the Colquhouns and the McGregors took place on February 7 1603.
Last Updated ( Friday, 12 April 2013 17:53 )
Colonel paid for old folks flats
HELENSBURGH’S Abbeyfield supported housing for the elderly at 54 West King Street, Barclay Smith House, consists of eleven flats, and is named after its most generous local benefactor.
In the late 1960s Colonel Edward Alan Barclay-Smith, MA (Cantab), AMIMechE, AMIEE, a prominent figure in the then Helensburgh Town Council, sat down in his Suffolk Street villa, Khillanmorg, and wrote a cheque for £6,000 — the equivalent of some £80,000 today — to the Abbeyfield Society.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 04 April 2013 16:43 )
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First Winter Talk
The 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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