We may have only just started March but there has been so much happening already. We take a look through our archives to see what happened in March 2009.
So far, we have covered a new cafe was set to launch in Helensburgh, a food and drink festival weekend coming to town and the benefits of a walking bus for primary pupils in Garelochhead.
But what was happening in and around the town 15 years ago this month?
![Helensburgh Advertiser: Members of Garelochhead Parish Church continued their fundraising exercise to raise money for a major extension to the church. They held a sale of children’s clothes, toys and equipment with the proceeds going towards the church’s building fund which is expected to run into several hundreds of thousands of pounds.]( "Helensburgh Advertiser: Members of Garelochhead Parish Church continued their fundraising exercise to raise money for a major extension to the church. They held a sale of children’s clothes, toys and equipment with the proceeds going towards the church’s building fund which is expected to run into several hundreds of thousands of pounds.")
Members of Garelochhead Parish Church continued their fundraising exercise to raise money for a major extension to the church. They held a sale of children’s clothes, toys and equipment with the proceeds going towards the church’s building fund which is expected to run into several hundreds of thousands of pounds. (Image: Newsquest)
![Helensburgh Advertiser: Fundraising event aimed at helping the increasing number of homeless people in Helensburgh made more than £500. The coffee morning was organised by the interchurch group which collects and makes up wellbeing packs and it raised £514. The Well Being Pack scheme was started in Helensburgh to help out over the festive season when there is normally an increase in homelessness. However, the group heard that more than 20 people are made homeless in Helensburgh and Lomond every month and that the figure is expected to rise as the credit crunch bites so they decided to continue the scheme.]( "Helensburgh Advertiser: Fundraising event aimed at helping the increasing number of homeless people in Helensburgh made more than £500. The coffee morning was organised by the interchurch group which collects and makes up wellbeing packs and it raised £514. The Well Being Pack scheme was started in Helensburgh to help out over the festive season when there is normally an increase in homelessness. However, the group heard that more than 20 people are made homeless in Helensburgh and Lomond every month and that the figure is expected to rise as the credit crunch bites so they decided to continue the scheme.")
Fundraising event aimed at helping the increasing number of homeless people in Helensburgh made more than £500. The coffee morning was organised by the interchurch group which collects and makes up wellbeing packs and it raised £514. The Well Being Pack scheme was started in Helensburgh to help out over the festive season when there is normally an increase in homelessness. However, the group heard that more than 20 people are made homeless in Helensburgh and Lomond every month and that the figure is expected to rise as the credit crunch bites so they decided to continue the scheme. (Image: Newsquest)
![Helensburgh Advertiser: A group of residents went on a special Caribbean Cruise— although they never left any port. Instead, the 31 elderly residents of Helensburgh’s Waverley Court enjoyed a themed ‘voyage’ to celebrate the Bield scheme’s silver anniversary. The building, in West King Street, was completed in February 1984 and became occupied in April. Because the building was named after the paddle steamer Waverley, staff decided to mark the 25th anniversary with a nautical theme and have a mock cruise to the Caribbean — aboard the HMS Waverley Court.]( "Helensburgh Advertiser: A group of residents went on a special Caribbean Cruise— although they never left any port. Instead, the 31 elderly residents of Helensburgh’s Waverley Court enjoyed a themed ‘voyage’ to celebrate the Bield scheme’s silver anniversary. The building, in West King Street, was completed in February 1984 and became occupied in April. Because the building was named after the paddle steamer Waverley, staff decided to mark the 25th anniversary with a nautical theme and have a mock cruise to the Caribbean — aboard the HMS Waverley Court.")
A group of residents went on a special Caribbean Cruise— although they never left any port. Instead, the 31 elderly residents of Helensburgh’s Waverley Court enjoyed a themed ‘voyage’ to celebrate the Bield scheme’s silver anniversary. The building, in West King Street, was completed in February 1984 and became occupied in April. Because the building was named after the paddle steamer Waverley, staff decided to mark the 25th anniversary with a nautical theme and have a mock cruise to the Caribbean — aboard the HMS Waverley Court. (Image: Newsquest)
![Helensburgh Advertiser: The fascinating story of the Rosneath naval base in World War Two was outlined to members of Helensburgh Heritage Trust at their meeting in Helensburgh Tennis Club. The guest speaker was peninsula man Dennis Royal, author of ‘United States Navy Base Two: Americans at Rosneath 1941-45’ and the man who led the successful campaign for a memorial — erected in 2000 — to the American and British forces who served or trained at Rosneath during that period.]( "Helensburgh Advertiser: The fascinating story of the Rosneath naval base in World War Two was outlined to members of Helensburgh Heritage Trust at their meeting in Helensburgh Tennis Club. The guest speaker was peninsula man Dennis Royal, author of ‘United States Navy Base Two: Americans at Rosneath 1941-45’ and the man who led the successful campaign for a memorial — erected in 2000 — to the American and British forces who served or trained at Rosneath during that period.")
The fascinating story of the Rosneath naval base in World War Two was outlined to members of Helensburgh Heritage Trust at their meeting in Helensburgh Tennis Club. The guest speaker was peninsula man Dennis Royal, author of ‘United States Navy Base Two: Americans at Rosneath 1941-45’ and the man who led the successful campaign for a memorial — erected in 2000 — to the American and British forces who served or trained at Rosneath during that period. (Image: Newsquest)
![Helensburgh Advertiser: Former Arrochar Primary and Hermitage Academy pupil Lorna MacLachlan graduated from Glasgow Caledonian University with a Batchelor of Nursing (Adult) award. The 21-year-old received her degree at ceremony in the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.]( "Helensburgh Advertiser: Former Arrochar Primary and Hermitage Academy pupil Lorna MacLachlan graduated from Glasgow Caledonian University with a Batchelor of Nursing (Adult) award. The 21-year-old received her degree at ceremony in the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.")
Former Arrochar Primary and Hermitage Academy pupil Lorna MacLachlan graduated from Glasgow Caledonian University with a Batchelor of Nursing (Adult) award. The 21-year-old received her degree at ceremony in the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. (Image: Newsquest)
![Helensburgh Advertiser: The art of the ceilidh is not yet dead and 150 people proved it in Helensburgh. The event was part of fundraising activities for the Helensburgh Bicentenary Pipeband Championships and Highland Dancing Competition and almost £1,000 was added to the coffers. The evening began with a march-in and demonstration by Helensburgh and District Pipeband and then a display by the Margaret Rose School of Dance who also gave the crowd a preview of the showstopping routines planned for their forthcoming trip to Hawaii.]( "Helensburgh Advertiser: The art of the ceilidh is not yet dead and 150 people proved it in Helensburgh. The event was part of fundraising activities for the Helensburgh Bicentenary Pipeband Championships and Highland Dancing Competition and almost £1,000 was added to the coffers. The evening began with a march-in and demonstration by Helensburgh and District Pipeband and then a display by the Margaret Rose School of Dance who also gave the crowd a preview of the showstopping routines planned for their forthcoming trip to Hawaii.")
The art of the ceilidh is not yet dead and 150 people proved it in Helensburgh. The event was part of fundraising activities for the Helensburgh Bicentenary Pipeband Championships and Highland Dancing Competition and almost £1,000 was added to the coffers. The evening began with a march-in and demonstration by Helensburgh and District Pipeband and then a display by the Margaret Rose School of Dance who also gave the crowd a preview of the showstopping routines planned for their forthcoming trip to Hawaii. (Image: Newsquest)
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