April 2019 - Helensburgh Adviser

Remembering Azad Video - a stylised photograph depicting an Azad video store with VHS style distortion

Remembering Helensburgh’s Azad Video

April 27, 2019April 29, 2019Herm Park

A quarter-century before the advent of Netflix or Amazon Prime, the only way to get movies on demand was from a local VHS rental shop. Amongst others, Helensburgh had Azad Video and it was more than just a video shop.

Seagull of the Month: April 2019

April 26, 2019April 26, 2019Joan L Baird

A visitor to the town spotted this cheeky chap on the roof of the beer garden at The Henry Bell, waiting to swoop down to snatch leftover food from abandoned meals.