In the past week alone, we reported on the upcoming closure of Argyll and Bute's Visit Scotland information centres, the Helensburgh Brownies had an Easter themed sleepover and a great inspection from Arrochar Primary.
But what was happening in and around the town 15 years ago this month?
![Helensburgh Advertiser: A coffee morning with added extras was held at St Columba Church Hall. As well as the usual fare of teas, coffees and home baking, the organisers arranged stalls selling Kashmiri goods, Traidcraft products, Scottish landscape painting, silk crafts, jewellery, handmade scarves and handbags and they also ran a ‘Green and Healthy Corner'.]( "Helensburgh Advertiser: A coffee morning with added extras was held at St Columba Church Hall. As well as the usual fare of teas, coffees and home baking, the organisers arranged stalls selling Kashmiri goods, Traidcraft products, Scottish landscape painting, silk crafts, jewellery, handmade scarves and handbags and they also ran a ‘Green and Healthy Corner'.")
A coffee morning with added extras was held at St Columba Church Hall. As well as the usual fare of teas, coffees and home baking, the organisers arranged stalls selling Kashmiri goods, Traidcraft products, Scottish landscape painting, silk crafts, jewellery, handmade scarves and handbags and they also ran a ‘Green and Healthy Corner'. (Image: Newsquest)
![Helensburgh Advertiser: Nine students who took part in a confidence-building course received certificates — from Patsy Bear, a relative of Children In Need’s Pudsey. The fifth-year pupils from Hermitage Academy participated in the Breakthrough course run by Argyll and Bute Volunteer Centre and funded by the Big Lottery People Plus Project. Eileen McCrory, of ABVC, facilitated the course assisted by Lorraine Moore of Community Learning and Regeneration. The course was held over five days and some of those who attended dressed up and raised £37 for Comic Relief.]( "Helensburgh Advertiser: Nine students who took part in a confidence-building course received certificates — from Patsy Bear, a relative of Children In Need’s Pudsey. The fifth-year pupils from Hermitage Academy participated in the Breakthrough course run by Argyll and Bute Volunteer Centre and funded by the Big Lottery People Plus Project. Eileen McCrory, of ABVC, facilitated the course assisted by Lorraine Moore of Community Learning and Regeneration. The course was held over five days and some of those who attended dressed up and raised £37 for Comic Relief.")
Nine students who took part in a confidence-building course received certificates — from Patsy Bear, a relative of Children In Need’s Pudsey. The fifth-year pupils from Hermitage Academy participated in the Breakthrough course run by Argyll and Bute Volunteer Centre and funded by the Big Lottery People Plus Project. Eileen McCrory, of ABVC, facilitated the course assisted by Lorraine Moore of Community Learning and Regeneration. The course was held over five days and some of those who attended dressed up and raised £37 for Comic Relief. (Image: Newsquest)
![Helensburgh Advertiser: Lomond School’s Transitus Choir continues to collect awards. Fresh from their recent triumph at Renfrew, the choir won the Scots song competition at the Argyll festival in Lochgilphead. They sang in both English and Gaelic, overcoming adversity as their regular conductor Diane Philips was indisposed. Primary head, Gavin Calder, was pressed into action as a replacement. Earlier in that week, Chiara Robertson won the recorder category and both Calum Caskie and Ella Keating were second in well attended singing categories.]( "Helensburgh Advertiser: Lomond School’s Transitus Choir continues to collect awards. Fresh from their recent triumph at Renfrew, the choir won the Scots song competition at the Argyll festival in Lochgilphead. They sang in both English and Gaelic, overcoming adversity as their regular conductor Diane Philips was indisposed. Primary head, Gavin Calder, was pressed into action as a replacement. Earlier in that week, Chiara Robertson won the recorder category and both Calum Caskie and Ella Keating were second in well attended singing categories.")
Lomond School’s Transitus Choir continues to collect awards. Fresh from their recent triumph at Renfrew, the choir won the Scots song competition at the Argyll festival in Lochgilphead. They sang in both English and Gaelic, overcoming adversity as their regular conductor Diane Philips was indisposed. Primary head, Gavin Calder, was pressed into action as a replacement. Earlier in that week, Chiara Robertson won the recorder category and both Calum Caskie and Ella Keating were second in well attended singing categories. (Image: Newsquest)
![Helensburgh Advertiser: Primary school children in Cardross dug out their best dress to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their school. They took part in numerous events to mark the momentous occasion which included burying a time capsule full of memories.]( "Helensburgh Advertiser: Primary school children in Cardross dug out their best dress to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their school. They took part in numerous events to mark the momentous occasion which included burying a time capsule full of memories.")
Primary school children in Cardross dug out their best dress to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their school. They took part in numerous events to mark the momentous occasion which included burying a time capsule full of memories. (Image: Newsquest)
![Helensburgh Advertiser: Ardencaple Boys club announced the appointment of the Walter Smith, the former Rangers manager and former Scotland coach, as its Honorary club president. Walter and his family lived in Helensburgh for well over 20 years and both of his sons enjoyed spells with Caple in their earlier playing days. The club has hailed the appointment a “tremendous privilege”. Ardencaple coach Craig Holborn said: “We are very grateful that Walter agreed to accept this position and to build upon the relationship that we already enjoy with him.”]( "Helensburgh Advertiser: Ardencaple Boys club announced the appointment of the Walter Smith, the former Rangers manager and former Scotland coach, as its Honorary club president. Walter and his family lived in Helensburgh for well over 20 years and both of his sons enjoyed spells with Caple in their earlier playing days. The club has hailed the appointment a “tremendous privilege”. Ardencaple coach Craig Holborn said: “We are very grateful that Walter agreed to accept this position and to build upon the relationship that we already enjoy with him.”")
Ardencaple Boys club announced the appointment of the Walter Smith, the former Rangers manager and former Scotland coach, as its Honorary club president. Walter and his family lived in Helensburgh for well over 20 years and both of his sons enjoyed spells with Caple in their earlier playing days. The club has hailed the appointment a “tremendous privilege”. Ardencaple coach Craig Holborn said: “We are very grateful that Walter agreed to accept this position and to build upon the relationship that we already enjoy with him.” (Image: Newsquest)
![Helensburgh Advertiser: A love of football and the urge to travel has taken a local lad to Cardross church hall for a ceilidh. Cameron Watson, 19, a business student at Central College of Commerce is well known to customers and staff at Ardardan Estate where he has worked for four years but he was soon off to Ghana for a month. The staunch Dumbarton FC fan loves football and travel and was looking for a way to combine the two when he came across Real Gap, the UK’s largest gap year travel company, sending thousands of people to hundreds of projects and programmes around the world, including volunteering, community work, conservation, teaching English, adventure travel, sports and expeditions.]( "Helensburgh Advertiser: A love of football and the urge to travel has taken a local lad to Cardross church hall for a ceilidh. Cameron Watson, 19, a business student at Central College of Commerce is well known to customers and staff at Ardardan Estate where he has worked for four years but he was soon off to Ghana for a month. The staunch Dumbarton FC fan loves football and travel and was looking for a way to combine the two when he came across Real Gap, the UK’s largest gap year travel company, sending thousands of people to hundreds of projects and programmes around the world, including volunteering, community work, conservation, teaching English, adventure travel, sports and expeditions.")
A love of football and the urge to travel has taken a local lad to Cardross church hall for a ceilidh. Cameron Watson, 19, a business student at Central College of Commerce is well known to customers and staff at Ardardan Estate where he has worked for four years but he was soon off to Ghana for a month. The staunch Dumbarton FC fan loves football and travel and was looking for a way to combine the two when he came across Real Gap, the UK’s largest gap year travel company, sending thousands of people to hundreds of projects and programmes around the world, including volunteering, community work, conservation, teaching English, adventure travel, sports and expeditions. (Image: Newsquest)
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