The schools are now back from their Easter holidays and Helensburgh is inching closer from spring towards summer.

There were chocolate eggs, a variety of Easter events in Helensburgh - and some weather warnings to add to the mix.

But what was happening in and around the town 15 years ago this month?

Helensburgh Advertiser: Big-hearted Helensburgh residents have helped put smiles on the faces of disadvantaged children. More than 150 eggs were handed in to funeral directors Robertson and Reid after staff member Anne-Marie Cairney launched an appeal to collect eggs for charity The Preshal Trust. Anne-Marie heard about the work of the Govan-based charity, who work with underprivileged families, through her church, Helensburgh’s St Michael and All Angels. But the generosity of residents left staff stunned after residents’ donations notched up the huge tally.Big-hearted Helensburgh residents have helped put smiles on the faces of disadvantaged children. More than 150 eggs were handed in to funeral directors Robertson and Reid after staff member Anne-Marie Cairney launched an appeal to collect eggs for charity The Preshal Trust. Anne-Marie heard about the work of the Govan-based charity, who work with underprivileged families, through her church, Helensburgh’s St Michael and All Angels. But the generosity of residents left staff stunned after residents’ donations notched up the huge tally. (Image: Newsquest)

Helensburgh Advertiser: A “DIRTY dozen” volunteers turned out to help clean up the “Brownie Garden” at Cove. About a dozen volunteers answered the Cove and Kilcreggan Community Council’s call to help clean up the foreshore area earmarked for a community garden. Using litter kits provided by the council the squad put in a good couple of hours of hard and at times dirty work.A “DIRTY dozen” volunteers turned out to help clean up the “Brownie Garden” at Cove. About a dozen volunteers answered the Cove and Kilcreggan Community Council’s call to help clean up the foreshore area earmarked for a community garden. Using litter kits provided by the council the squad put in a good couple of hours of hard and at times dirty work. (Image: Newsquest)

Helensburgh Advertiser: A once popular Helensburgh club was resurrected. Helensburgh Games Club, which was run for many years by Andrew Keith, restarted as Helensburgh Patriot Games Club by parents Clare Jeffrey and Stuart Latimer — with a little help from Andrew. The club is designed to get kids off computers and into games of skill and strategy in real life while, at the same time, making new friends. The club allowed kids of all ages to enjoy such strategic games as Warhammer as well as model making and painting, scenery making, trading card games and tournaments.A once popular Helensburgh club was resurrected. Helensburgh Games Club, which was run for many years by Andrew Keith, restarted as Helensburgh Patriot Games Club by parents Clare Jeffrey and Stuart Latimer — with a little help from Andrew. The club is designed to get kids off computers and into games of skill and strategy in real life while, at the same time, making new friends. The club allowed kids of all ages to enjoy such strategic games as Warhammer as well as model making and painting, scenery making, trading card games and tournaments. (Image: Newsquest)

Helensburgh Advertiser: Four Helensburgh businesses played a large part in making a major snooker event a huge success. The Legends of Snooker event saw six-times world champion Steve Davis and multiple runner-up Jimmy White go head-to-head in a three frame challenge match at the Play Drome in Clydebank. An audience of 400 people, many from the Helensburgh area, were there to watch the event organised by the Advertiser’s sister paper the Clydebank Post and a number of Helensburgh businesses sponsored the event.Four Helensburgh businesses played a large part in making a major snooker event a huge success. The Legends of Snooker event saw six-times world champion Steve Davis and multiple runner-up Jimmy White go head-to-head in a three frame challenge match at the Play Drome in Clydebank. An audience of 400 people, many from the Helensburgh area, were there to watch the event organised by the Advertiser’s sister paper the Clydebank Post and a number of Helensburgh businesses sponsored the event. (Image: Newsquest)

Helensburgh Advertiser: A Kilcreggan man celebrated his 102nd birthday. George Clark, who lived with his daughter Isobel McKie in Craigrownie Gardens, is bedridden but still managed to help Isobel blow out candles on a special cake. George, who hails originally from Mauchline in Ayrshire, has led a charmed life. He has survived FOUR heart attacks and a fall from a roof. He was a joiner to trade but suffered from ill health and was unable to work for many years. A Kilcreggan man celebrated his 102nd birthday. George Clark, who lived with his daughter Isobel McKie in Craigrownie Gardens, is bedridden but still managed to help Isobel blow out candles on a special cake. George, who hails originally from Mauchline in Ayrshire, has led a charmed life. He has survived FOUR heart attacks and a fall from a roof. He was a joiner to trade but suffered from ill health and was unable to work for many years. (Image: Newsquest)

Helensburgh Advertiser: When Rudi Oppenheimer was just 12-years-old he watched his parents die amidst the horror of the Belsen concentration camp. Rudi, who was on the last train out of Belsen in April 1945, visited Helensburgh’s Hermitage Academy to share his memories with pupils. Organised by the school’s history department, with the help of the Holocaust Educational Trust, the Holocaust Conference marked a day of events designed to give 100 students taking part a very real insight into the 20th century’s greatest shame.When Rudi Oppenheimer was just 12-years-old he watched his parents die amidst the horror of the Belsen concentration camp. Rudi, who was on the last train out of Belsen in April 1945, visited Helensburgh’s Hermitage Academy to share his memories with pupils. Organised by the school’s history department, with the help of the Holocaust Educational Trust, the Holocaust Conference marked a day of events designed to give 100 students taking part a very real insight into the 20th century’s greatest shame. (Image: Newsquest)