A 97 YEAR-OLD woman thought to have been the last surviving link with RAF Helensburgh and the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment at Rhu died recently at the age of 97.
Frances was last link with MAEE
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The fourth Boer War clock found
A FOURTH carriage clock presented to Helensburgh soldiers who served in the Boer War has been found — but is in very poor condition.
Ballad of Stooky Bill
THE FIRST TV star, Stooky Bill, was a ventriloquist's dummy used — then discarded — by TV inventor John Logie Baird. But what happened next?
Baird memoirs updated
A NEW edition of John Logie Baird's memoirs “Television and Me” which has been released as an 'ebook' by Edinburgh publishers Birlinn Ltd.
New coin marks John Logie Baird's death
THE ROYAL MINT is marking the 75th anniversary of John Logie Baird’s death with the release on January 1 of a special 50 pence piece.
Town features in Spanish novel
A NOVEL just published features a young Spanish girl who comes to Helensburgh in the 19th century, stays to live here, and how her life develops.
Burgh War Memorial website
THE War Memorial Families Project in Helensburgh launched a comprehensive new website on Remembrance Sunday.
Book tribute to Cove gardener
A BOOK of photographs featuring the late Dr Jim Taggart of the Linn Gardens at Cove has just been published.
Fruin monument in Chicago
A LITTLE part of Glen Fruin can now be found at a golf club near Chicago.
Comet replica badly damaged
A CONDITION survey on the 1962 replica of Henry Bell's Comet paddle steamer at Port Glasgow has found that it cannot be repaired and that a new hull would need to be built and stored in a climate-controlled building.
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