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Anderson Trust
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THE Anderson Trust was established in 1980 on the death of Miss A.T.Anderson MBE to manage her bequest to the town of her private collection of paintings. Annie Templeton Anderson (1889-1980), known to all as Nance, was born and lived all her life in Helensburgh where her father had been Provost. The original collection comprised 34 paintings, all of which are associated with the area, either by artist or subject matter. Thanks to generous gifts of works from private donors, and some new purchases, the collection is continues to grow. In 1998 the Anderson Collection was given a permanent home in the new Helensburgh Library, in West King Street, and, with the co-operation of Argyll & Bute Library and Museum Services, the Trust is able to display a selection of paintings from the Collection, for six months every year, in the Upper Gallery of the Library.
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| Random files - Welcome to the Helensburgh Heritage Trust Gallery |
Hermitage class1965 viewsClass 2B at Hermitage School, circa 1956. More details would be welcomed. Image supplied by Iain D.McAulay.
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Argylls at Ardencaple1438 viewsThe Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders — possibly Dunbartonshire Rifles (8th/9th Battalion Argylls) — parade in the field below Ardencaple Castle, Helensburgh. Image date and other details unknown. Please email the website editor, using the Contact Us facility on the main website, if you can provide any more information.
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Gareloch view980 viewsA view of the Gareloch from near Kidston Park showing a steamer which has just passed the Training Ship Empress. Image circa 1912.
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1912 Comet replica529 viewsThis Glasgow Corporation single-decker tramcar in the guise of Henry Bell's Comet ran through the city at night, illuminated, to mark the centenary of the Comet launch. Towards the stern is seen a metal pole leading up to make contact with the overhead electric wires. Image from the September 7 1912 edition of the Illustrated London News.
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Seafront view1058 viewsA Tuck & Sons Oilette postcard of Helensburgh seafront, circa 1907. It was painted by Henry Wimbush, who was most active in painting between 1881 and 1908 when he lived at various addresses in London. Like many of his contemporaries in the Tuck's postcards stable, he toured Britain for inspiration and his coverage was far more comprehensive than many of the other Tuck illustrators — including a number of Clyde scenes. His watercolours were published by Tuck between 1904 and 1908, the majority in the Oilette series.
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Shandon Hydro Conference1378 viewsShandon Hydro was the venue in 1952 for the annual conference of the Federation of Master Painters and Decorators in Scotland. At this conference Helensburgh man Gregory Alexander Burgess was elected president. Four years later he became president of the Incorporated Institute of British Decorators. Image supplied by Jenny Sanders.
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Scanner985 viewsA 30 facet mirror drum flying spot scanner. Image circa 1931.
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Hermitage Primary1293 viewsThe 1938-9 fourth year class at Hermitage Primary School. Back row: William John Campbell, Thomas Gilfillan Rowatt, Allan Stewart Howie, David Henry Davidson, Robert Ernest Petrie, Jim Gentles, William Porter, Graham Cairns, Robert Rice, Miss Strachan; fourth row: James Alexander Rankin, ?, Thomas Moir Dickson, Donald McDonald, Denzel Hutchison Campbell, Ian Dow, Robert Hailstones, William Kinnear Wood, Thomas Isbister, Alexander Scroggie; third row: Donald Ross, Jenny Simpson, Anne Gordon Copeland, Jessie Hutchison, Fiona Macdonald Ross, Carrie Bell Alexander, Kathleen Rosemary Schofield, William Smith Gilchrist, Robert Victor McTaggart, Donald John McAllister; second row: Lilias Penman Rowatt, Dorothy Duncan Mackie, Aileen Cameron, Elsie Ritchie Arnott, Jean Young Watt, ?, ?, Diana Mary Hastings, Fiona Mary McAlpine; front: Robert Weir Lees, James Webb Stirling, Peter Campbell, Jack Orr Winton, Robert Brown, Colin Campbell. Image supplied by Robert Hailstones.
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| Last additions - Welcome to the Helensburgh Heritage Trust Gallery |
Helensburgh Pier - unknown artist2664 viewsThe theme of the 2023 exhibition of works in the Anderson Collection is “Piers and Jetties” illustrated by artists, mainly from this area and ranging in period over the past 200 years.Feb 04, 2023
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Steamboat on the Clyde - William Daniell3174 viewsThe theme of the 2023 exhibition of works in the Anderson Collection is “Piers and Jetties” illustrated by artists, mainly from this area and ranging in period over the past 200 years.Feb 04, 2023
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Jeanie Deans at Craigendoran - Ian Plenderleath6939 viewsThe theme of the 2023 exhibition of works in the Anderson Collection is “Piers and Jetties” illustrated by artists, mainly from this area and ranging in period over the past 200 years.Feb 04, 2023
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Provost's Lamps2151 views It was a tradition that provosts of Helensburgh had a special lamp post erected outside their house during their term of office. This photograph shows the two lamp posts which stood outside Billy Petrie's house at Segton, John Street at the time of his death in 2022. The coats of arms on the glass are for Dunbartonshire County Council, Dumbarton District Council, Argyll and Bute Council, and Strathclyde Regional Council. He had been provost of the first three of these councils, but not of the last - quite probably a unique state of affairs. Nov 14, 2022
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New Era for swimmers2031 viewsThe town's first indoor swimming pool being demolished in September 2022, following the opening of the new indoor swimming pool a few days earlier. The pool had been opened in 1977 Provost Billy Petrie. Photo by Stewart NobleOct 23, 2022
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