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.
Thes...
Visit our Photo Gallery
THE Helensburgh Heritage Trust Photo Gallery has 1,919 images in 22 different albums. To find a particu...
New book features Baird Televisor
HELENSBURGH is given a mention in a new book about Glasgow . . . thanks to TV inventor John Logie Baird.
Focus on Rosneath Peninsula
A BRIEF illustrated history of the Rosneath Peninsula was the topic at Helensburgh Heritage Trust’s final 2017-18 winter open meeting in Helensburgh and Lomond Civic Centre on Wednesday March 28.
Art educator was talented artist
A HELENSBURGH man who was a champion of the arts had many connections with Charles Rennie Mackintosh — and was a huge fan of the famous architect’s Hill House mansion in Upper Colquhoun Street.
- MAEE tested Dambusters bombs
- Popular Provost was innovator
- Holy sisters revered on Garelochside
- Reporter specialises in TV scoops
- Rosneath minister helped university grow
- Minister shared name with slave
- Was Rhu minister heretic or saint?
- Volunteers became Garrison Artillery
- Second village VC winner remembered
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 1,900 more at the Heritage Trust Photo Gallery. Visit the gallery.
2018-19 Open Meetings
A new programme of Winter Open Meetings for 2018-19 will begin at Helensburgh Civic Centre at 7.30pm on Wednesday September 26. Details will be published when available.
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 are on display at Helensburgh and Lomond Civic Centre, East Clyde Street.
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