Helensburgh Heritage
Welcome to Helensburgh Heritage
WELCOME to the Helensburgh Heritage Trust website.
We hope you find it simple to navigate, with many articles, a large Photo Gallery, letters from readers, downloads, and weblinks to heritage and local organisations.
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Deborah Kerr and Helensburgh
HELENSBURGH people have long embraced Deborah Kerr as their very own film star, but the time she spe...
Henry Bell and the Comet
2012 was the year of the bicentenary of Henry Bell's Comet steamship, and the Comet Bicentenary Comm...
What is on this website
THE Helensburgh Heritage Trust website has four main areas containing over 1,000 articles.
These incl...
Visit our Photo Gallery
THE Helensburgh Heritage Trust Photo Gallery has 1,872 images in 22 different albums. To find a particu...
Kayak challenge followed Comet route
A SUCCESSFUL charity sea kayak challenge last month followed the first part of the route of Henry Bell’s Comet 1 steamship from Port Glasgow to Blackmill Bay, Luing.
Roll of honour comes home
THE LOAN of the Helensburgh and Gareloch Unionist Association First World War roll of honour from Helensburgh Heritage Trust to the Mackintosh Club was formally made on Friday April 7 2017.
Waldie's story began in 1820s
ONE of Helensburgh’s longest-running businesses was Waldie’s Garage, now a branch of Arnold Clark.
Rosneath's Princess
HER Royal Highness Princess Louise, daughter of Queen Victoria, had a huge impact on Helensburgh and Garelochside, where she lived in Rosneath Castle and loved the beauty and quietness of the Gareloch.
Trust Photo Gallery
View this photo and over 1,830 more at the Heritage Trust Photo Gallery. Visit the gallery.
Winter Open Meetings
Open Meetings are held at the Civic Centre, East Clyde Street, Helensburgh, at 7.30pm on the final Wednesdays of September, October, November, January, February and March. All are most welcome.
The Heritage Centre
Visit Helensburgh Heritage Trust’s Heritage Centre at Helensburgh Library during library opening hours: Monday 1-8pm; Tuesday 9.30am-1pm, 2-5pm; Wednesday 9.30am-1pm, 2-5pm; Thursday 1-8pm; Friday 1-5pm; Saturday 9.30am-1pm, 2-5pm.
Further exhibits in the Community Area at Helensburgh Civic Centre, East Clyde Street.
Heritage Trust storage sponsored by R.B.Steel Ltd.
See also Helensburgh Memories on Facebook
Winter Talks 2017-18
- Wednesday September 27 2017 — AGM; then Professor John Hume: History of local churches
- Wednesday October 25 — Cleland Sneddon: Childhood holidays in Rosneath
- Wednesday November 29 — David Bruce: Greatrex, Forger and Photographer
- Wednesday January 31 2018 — Mike Thornley: The Glenarn Garden
- Wednesday February 28 — Bruce and Nicola Jamieson: Developing the Mackintosh Club
- Wednesday March 28 — To be confirmed.
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