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 1,100 articles.&nbs...
Visit our Photo Gallery
THE Helensburgh Heritage Trust Photo Gallery has 1,925 images in 22 different albums. To find a particu...
Airship ace's story told
AN EXHIBITION featuring Airships in World War One is on display in Helensburgh Library in West King Street until October 27.
Developing the Mackintosh Club
THE Mackintosh Club in Helensburgh town centre tells a significant historical story . . . but it also has a bright future.
Two officers killed in eight days
JULY 1916 was a bad World War One month for Helensburgh, with two well-known young officers losing their lives in very different ways.
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
In the second Winter Open Meeting at Helensburgh Civic Centre at 7.30pm on Wednesday October 31 David Clark will talk about Helensburgh at the time of the World War One Armistice.
The Heritage Centre
Visit Helensburgh Heritage Trust’s Heritage Centre at Helensburgh Library during library opening hours: Monday 1-8pm; Tuesday 9.30am-5pm; Wednesday 9.30am-5pm; Thursday 1-8pm; Friday 1-5pm; Saturday 9.30am-5pm.
Further exhibits are on display at Helensburgh and Lomond Civic Centre, East Clyde Street.
See also Helensburgh Memories on Facebook
Winter Talks
Wednesday September 26 — Bruce Jamieson: Developing the Mackintosh Club
Wednesday October 31 — AGM; then David Clark: How Helensburgh ended the Great War
Wednesday November 28 — Eric Thompson: Helensburgh and the Peace Movement
Wednesday January 30 — Trust members: brief talks on images of the past
Wednesday February 27 — Robert Ryan: Loch Lomond islands by canoe
Wednesday March 27 — Jon Reid: The Royal Northern Story
Meetings in Helensburgh Civic Centre at 7.30pm.
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