Town centre Archives - Page 2 of 2

Anne of Loudounville join in Black Friday hysteria

November 23, 2018November 30, 2018George Ramsgate

The town centre gift shop has made the unexpected move of joining in the mass consumer frenzy by “slashing prices” for the event known as Black Friday.

The shopfront of Flamingo restaurant, Helensburgh.

Local man “too friendly to work at Flamingo”

October 12, 2018February 1, 2019Charlotte Street

A trainee server has been let go by Flamingo after failing his probation for not being surly enough.

Restaurant set to open despite most pretentious names being taken

October 10, 2018October 11, 2018George Ramsgate

Helensburgh is to gain a new dining venue after a late decision by a Malaysian restaurateur.

A traditional parking meter in Helensburgh's pier car park

Council to trial “parking puggies” at pier car park

October 3, 2018November 1, 2018Herm Park

After their recent successful bid to dramatically inflate car parking charges at Arrochar, Argyll and Bute Council are seeking to introduce fruit machine style parking meters at Helensburgh’s largest car park.

Scaffolding on East Clyde Street opposite the clock tower

Town centre expected to shift west as east side falls down

October 1, 2018October 9, 2018George Ramsgate

A think tank of experts has predicted that businesses and residents situated in the east of the town centre will explore moving westward as their part of the town continues to fall down.

An entitled driver of a black Audi parks head on into the station rank

Taxi drivers dismayed by rank behaviour

September 25, 2018October 20, 2018George Ramsgate

Local taxi drivers have reached out to Argyll & Bute Council to call for an end to the highway code exemption for Helensburgh’s Audi and BMW drivers.

Bicentennial road resurfacing disturbs ancient fault line

September 5, 2018October 3, 2018Herm Park

Through leaked documents, the Helensburgh Adviser has learned that the recent road resurfacing works in the town centre disturbed a long since forgotten fault line, triggering an earthquake.

Wrigley’s sponsorship of Colquhoun Square in jeopardy

July 24, 2018September 25, 2018George Ramsgate

An administrative error that led to chewing gum being removed from the surface of Helensburgh’s Colquhoun Square has thrown a potential sponsorship of the public area into doubt.

Boots to open yet another town centre store

July 23, 2018September 25, 2018Herm Park

A Boots spokesperson has revealed that the next step in Boots’ long-term plan to completely dominate Helensburgh’s town centre will be the opening of a shoe store as soon as a suitable site can be found.