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.
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Early days of the Kirk in the Square
THE EARLY days of the Kirk in the Square were outlined to members of Helensburgh Heritage Trust at their final open meeting of the winter season on Wednesday evening.
The speaker in Helensburgh and Lomond Civic Centre in East Clyde Street was a former minister of the kirk, the Rev David Clark, who is chairman of the Heritage Trust and who at short notice replaced a guest speaker struck down by food poisoning.
Last Updated ( Monday, 10 April 2017 15:51 )
Roman Harbour discovered
MEMBERS of Helensburgh Heritage Trust found themselves with a different speaker and a different topic at their second open meeting of the year on Wednesday.
Originally they had been expecting Professor Dan Atkinson of Edinburgh-based Wessex Archaeology (Scotland) to talk on ‘The Samphire Project: Marine Archaeology on Wrecks around the Coasts of Argyll”.
Last Updated ( Friday, 31 March 2017 16:48 )
The story of the Anderson Trust
HOW Helensburgh’s Anderson Trust Local Collection came into existence and how it has developed was described to Helensburgh Heritage Trust yesterday evening.
The speaker at the open meeting in the Marriage Room of Helensburgh and Lomond Civic Centre on East Clyde Street was Bill Anderson, the man who has led the project for 26 years.
Last Updated ( Friday, 24 February 2017 12:20 )
Centuries of slates from Luss
THE STORY of the quarries which for centuries covered the entire hillsides above Luss was told to Helensburgh Heritage Trust on Wednesday November 30.
The speaker at the Trust’s final open meeting of 2016 in Helensburgh and Lomond Civic Centre in East Clyde Street was Ian MacEachern, whose family has lived at Aldochlay south of Luss for several generations.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 26 January 2017 18:02 )
1st Helensburgh BB centenary marked
THE CENTENARY of the 1st Helensburgh Boys Brigade the previous day was celebrated at the second open meeting of Helensburgh Heritage Trust’s winter season on Wednesday October 26.
The speaker in the Marriage Room at Helensburgh and District Civic Centre on East Clyde Street was Trust chairman the Rev David Clark, a former BB member who has extensively researched local BB history in preparation for the centenary.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 01 December 2016 12:59 )
William Leiper's story told
AN ICONIC figure of Helensburgh’s past was the topic at Helensburgh Heritage Trust’s first ever meeting at the former Clyde Street School on Wednesday September 28.
The Trust began the new session of 2016-17 winter open meetings in the Marriage Room at the new Helensburgh and District Civic Centre, with some sixty members and guests attending.
Last Updated ( Saturday, 29 October 2016 11:52 )
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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.
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.
Meetings in Helensburgh Civic Centre at 7.30pm.
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