HELENSBURGH may soon have its own Comet Gate.
It has been designed by Helensburgh Modellers Club, who had hoped it might be placed on the pier where there was formerly a stone arch.
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Bell commemorated in song
THE COMET SONG
by Alan Reid
Last Updated ( Sunday, 14 October 2012 16:09 )
Bell commemorated in verse
THE SAGA OF HENRY BELL
First Provost of Helensburgh and Inventor of the Steamship
Last Updated ( Sunday, 14 October 2012 10:44 )
Still more MAEE stories to be told
HOW could more than 300 men and women simply disappear from Helensburgh after working in the district during World War Two?
That is the question retired Merseyside newspaper editor Robin Bird is left asking after researching in depth the history of the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment between 1939 and 1945.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 11 October 2012 18:08 )
Mr and Mrs Bell brought to life
"This Is Your Life" used to be one of the most popular programmes on television, featuring well-known personalities.
The programme was revived in Helensburgh on Thursday August 23, but with two major differences: firstly, it took the form of a play rather than a TV programme; and secondly, the subjects of the play had been dead for many years . . .
Comet toasted in Sweden
HELENSBURGH was not the only place where the bicentenary of Henry Bell’s Comet was remembered on Saturday August 4 — a toast was proposed in Sweden.
As he had done 50 years earlier, retired naval architect Gerhard Schack raised a glass in tribute to the man who pioneered commercial steamships.
Last Updated ( Sunday, 14 October 2012 11:39 )
Leader of the Glasgow Boys
AN ARTIST who lived in Rhu and Helensburgh at various times was Sir James Guthrie, leader of the internationally renowned Glasgow Boys.
James Guthrie was born in Greenock in 1859, son of the Rev John Guthrie and his wife Ann. He studied law at Glasgow University but, with his father’s permission, left without a degree to pursue a career in art in 1877.
Last Updated ( Saturday, 18 May 2013 13:29 )
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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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