In today's first instalment we've chosen our top six images from January, February, March and April.
Who can you recognise in this selection of 2023 photos?
![Helensburgh Advertiser: A new public access defibrillator was installed at the Beachcomber Café at Kidston Park in January thanks to a fund-raising effort by members of the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes (RAOB) Neptune Lodge No. 9704. It was delivered with the support of the Rotary Club of Helensburgh Garelochside (now Lomond Rotary), whose Heartstart team provide defibrillator training across the area.]( "Helensburgh Advertiser: A new public access defibrillator was installed at the Beachcomber Café at Kidston Park in January thanks to a fund-raising effort by members of the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes (RAOB) Neptune Lodge No. 9704. It was delivered with the support of the Rotary Club of Helensburgh Garelochside (now Lomond Rotary), whose Heartstart team provide defibrillator training across the area.")
A new public access defibrillator was installed at the Beachcomber Café at Kidston Park in January thanks to a fund-raising effort by members of the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes (RAOB) Neptune Lodge No. 9704. It was delivered with the support of the Rotary Club of Helensburgh Garelochside (now Lomond Rotary), whose Heartstart team provide defibrillator training across the area. (Image: Contributed)
![Helensburgh Advertiser: In January we caught up with Helensburgh woman Kathleen Young as she prepared to sell her shop – Fancy Fillings in West Clyde Street – and head to Poland to volunteer to help Ukrainian refugees. Kathleen was planning to join the All Hands On Hearts charity at its site in Jaroslaw, close to Ukraine’s western border. She told us: “I think, sadly, they need me more than people need a roll and sausage. I just want to do something worthwhile before I get too old.”]( "Helensburgh Advertiser: In January we caught up with Helensburgh woman Kathleen Young as she prepared to sell her shop – Fancy Fillings in West Clyde Street – and head to Poland to volunteer to help Ukrainian refugees. Kathleen was planning to join the All Hands On Hearts charity at its site in Jaroslaw, close to Ukraine’s western border. She told us: “I think, sadly, they need me more than people need a roll and sausage. I just want to do something worthwhile before I get too old.”")
In January we caught up with Helensburgh woman Kathleen Young as she prepared to sell her shop – Fancy Fillings in West Clyde Street – and head to Poland to volunteer to help Ukrainian refugees. Kathleen was planning to join the All Hands On Hearts charity at its site in Jaroslaw, close to Ukraine’s western border. She told us: “I think, sadly, they need me more than people need a roll and sausage. I just want to do something worthwhile before I get too old.” (Image: Kathleen Young)
![Helensburgh Advertiser: In February a coach driver from Garelochhead described the nerve-racking moment when she was asked to help rescue children trapped in a nursery by flooding. Elizabeth Healey was driving in Milngavie when a water main burst on Auchenhowie Road. A firefighter asked if Elizabeth could fit her coach down a narrow lane to take 56 babies and children, and their teachers, to safety – and she was happy to help, taking the children to safety at the Rangers FC Training Centre nearby.]( "Helensburgh Advertiser: In February a coach driver from Garelochhead described the nerve-racking moment when she was asked to help rescue children trapped in a nursery by flooding. Elizabeth Healey was driving in Milngavie when a water main burst on Auchenhowie Road. A firefighter asked if Elizabeth could fit her coach down a narrow lane to take 56 babies and children, and their teachers, to safety – and she was happy to help, taking the children to safety at the Rangers FC Training Centre nearby.")
In February a coach driver from Garelochhead described the nerve-racking moment when she was asked to help rescue children trapped in a nursery by flooding. Elizabeth Healey was driving in Milngavie when a water main burst on Auchenhowie Road. A firefighter asked if Elizabeth could fit her coach down a narrow lane to take 56 babies and children, and their teachers, to safety – and she was happy to help, taking the children to safety at the Rangers FC Training Centre nearby. (Image: Elizabeth Healey)
![Helensburgh Advertiser: Monty's Farm Park at Ardardan Estate welcomed three adorable new baby goats - and the public were asked to help choose their names. Erin Packham, 11, was among the first to meet the new arrivals.]( "Helensburgh Advertiser: Monty's Farm Park at Ardardan Estate welcomed three adorable new baby goats - and the public were asked to help choose their names. Erin Packham, 11, was among the first to meet the new arrivals.")
Monty's Farm Park at Ardardan Estate welcomed three adorable new baby goats - and the public were asked to help choose their names. Erin Packham, 11, was among the first to meet the new arrivals. (Image: John Young)
![Helensburgh Advertiser: Ann Greer and Carol McCauley launched a new book of creative writing by members of the town’s mental health hub, Jean’s Bothy. The book, entitled Peace of Mind, was released in time for the Reading Minds festival at the Helensburgh Community Hub, a weekend-long event organised to promote the benefits of reading on people’s mental health and wellbeing.]( "Helensburgh Advertiser: Ann Greer and Carol McCauley launched a new book of creative writing by members of the town’s mental health hub, Jean’s Bothy. The book, entitled Peace of Mind, was released in time for the Reading Minds festival at the Helensburgh Community Hub, a weekend-long event organised to promote the benefits of reading on people’s mental health and wellbeing.")
Ann Greer and Carol McCauley launched a new book of creative writing by members of the town’s mental health hub, Jean’s Bothy. The book, entitled Peace of Mind, was released in time for the Reading Minds festival at the Helensburgh Community Hub, a weekend-long event organised to promote the benefits of reading on people’s mental health and wellbeing. (Image: Freelancer)
![Helensburgh Advertiser: Helensburgh families enjoyed a fun ‘egg rolling’ service in Hermitage Park on Easter Sunday. After a short service with prayer and songs led by Helensburgh Baptist Church, local children rolled hard boiled eggs that they’d decorated at home down the park’s hill. (Photo: Ann Stewart)]( "Helensburgh Advertiser: Helensburgh families enjoyed a fun ‘egg rolling’ service in Hermitage Park on Easter Sunday. After a short service with prayer and songs led by Helensburgh Baptist Church, local children rolled hard boiled eggs that they’d decorated at home down the park’s hill. (Photo: Ann Stewart)")
Helensburgh families enjoyed a fun ‘egg rolling’ service in Hermitage Park on Easter Sunday. After a short service with prayer and songs led by Helensburgh Baptist Church, local children rolled hard boiled eggs that they’d decorated at home down the park’s hill. (Photo: Ann Stewart) (Image: Ann Stewart)
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