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Comet replica897 viewsThis working model of Henry Bell's Comet steamship was built and sailed by members of Helensburgh and District Modellers Club, who in August 2012, after the bicentenary celebrations, donated it to Helensburgh Heritage Trust for display in the Heritage Centre in Helensburgh Library in West King Street.
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Account book896 viewsA page from Henry Bell's Account Book which covers most of 1820 from the fit out at the beginning of the season to the attempts to recover the engine from the wreck in December. The page is from October and shows the details of fares collected from passengers and where they were going to/coming from. Image courtesy Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums).
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Rhu Village895 viewsA very early picture of Rhu village and the bay, showing the school building where the village green now is. Beyond are Ardenvhor, now the Royal Northern and Clyde Yacht Club, and Rosslea, now the Rosslea Hall Hotel. Image date unknown.
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Tighness, Arrochar895 viewsTighness, sometimes spelt Teighness, in Arrochar, looking towards the head of Loch Long. Image circa 1950.
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Model on Waverley894 viewsThis model of Henry Bell's Comet was on display beside the funnel on board the paddle steamer Waverley for the Waverley Comet bicentenary cruise on Friday August 10 2012. Its paddle wheels were turning and pistons going up and down. Photo by Kenneth Crawford.
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Deborah Kerr at 70894 viewsHelensburgh film star Deborah Kerr, who was one of the judges, is seen at the 1990 European Film Awards at in the entrance to Glasgow Royal Concert Hall with Helensburgh man David Bruce, who was Director of the Scottish Film Council and was mainly responsible for bringing the event to Glasgow. It was also attended by a number of international film stars, including Jeanne Moreau, Max von Sydow, Nastassia Kinski, Kenneth Branagh and Richard Attenborough. Film makers present included David Putnam and the great Ingmar Bergman and Andzej Wajda. Image by courtesy of David Bruce.
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Beat Retreat894 viewsA large crowd on Helensburgh seafront listen to a pipe band beating the retreat. Image, date unknown, supplied by Malcolm LeMay.
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Henry Bell893 viewsA portrait of steamship pioneer Henry Bell by James Tannock. It is the property of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1 Queen Street, Edinburgh.
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1885 Seafront893 viewsA view of the town from the pier c.1885, taken by pioneering Scottish photographer George Washington Wilson (1823-93) from Aberdeen. Reprinted as a postcard, it includes the Imperial Hotel, the Granary and the Old Parish Church.
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Replica afloat890 viewsThis working model of Henry Bell's Comet steamship was built and sailed by members of Helensburgh and District Modellers Club, who in August 2012, after the bicentenary celebrations, donated it to Helensburgh Heritage Trust for display in the Heritage Centre in Helensburgh Library in West King Street.
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Comet exhibition890 viewsSome of the panels in the Henry Bell and the Comet exhibition, compiled by Doris Gentles, in Helensburgh Library, West King Street, throughout August, September and October 2012. Photo by Donald Fullarton.
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Little and large890 viewsHMS Pursuer, a patrol boat from the Clyde Naval Base at Faslane, led the nautical procession from Rhu Marina to Helensburgh pier for the bicentenary celebrations on Saturday August 4 2012. Photo by Kenneth Speirs.
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