Events

HELENSBURGH Heritage Trust's very well attended first open meeting of 2020 heard about progress on repairing the Charles Rennie Mackintosh-designed mansion The Hill House in Upper Colquhoun Street.

THE HISTORY of the golf courses in Helensburgh and district was to the fore at the November open meeting of Helensburgh Heritage Trust on Wednesday evening.

THE STREET names in Helensburgh have origins which come from a diverse list of sources.

HELENSBURGH Heritage Trust members had their heads in the clouds at the opening Winter Talk of the 2019-20 season on Wednesday September 25.

AN EXHIBITION of memorabilia and photographs from the Royal Northern and Clyde Yacht Club has opened in the community area at Helensburgh and Lomond Civic Centre in East Clyde Street.

Courtesay of the Dumbarton Democrat

CANOEING on Loch Lomond provided a fascinating talk and great pictures at Helensburgh Heritage Trust’s February Open Meeting on Wednesday evening.

EARLY Clyde steamer dramas, a World War One officer who was married a week after he died, and the work of the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment at Rhu during World War Two all featured at Helensburgh Heritage Trust’s latest open meeting.

THE REAL peace keepers of the Cold War were the navymen of the Faslane-based nuclear deterrent submarines.

THE Mackintosh Club in Helensburgh town centre tells a significant historical story . . . but it also has a bright future.

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.

INTERNATIONAL funding has enabled real progress in a project to restore a castle on Loch Lomond’s most northerly island.

THE RESTORATION of a Rhu garden has led to it becoming a major summer visitor attraction in the West of Scotland.