Bo'ness Fair Day Memories

Thanks for the Memories On Monday 6th of February 2018 at 6:00pm my life changed for the better. I opened

Jumping for Joy It was 45 years ago that I was chosen to be the first Queen out of Deanburn

“Where to Begin” Where to begin? It was 1996 and I was working at Barnardo’s Family Centre at Cadzow, my

. The Year I Will Never Forget Queen Andrea Robertson On the 19th of January 2017 I went into school

. “From the Balcony” Frank McGarry As a lad I went to St Mary’s and when I look back at

When I arrived in Bo’ness Public after the Easter holidays in April 1983, my first encounter with the then Headteacher,

I remember being taken to school that sunny Friday morning in 1970.  As I skipped along Braehead wearing my new

“Hail Smiling Morn” When asked to pen my memories of my involvement in The Fair, I was a bit reluctant.  

In 1965 Rev Norman Swan came to Bo’ness as Minister of Carriden Church.   Norman Swan loved history and tradition and

Bo’ness has a lot of history and one of the most vibrant things that we can never forget is the

As I sit down to write this article for the 2015 Bo’ness Children’s Fair Festival, the sun is shining, the

What was it like to be a Bo’ness Fair Queen more than 50 years ago? Actually, I can remember it

IN DIRECT contrast to the previous year’s cold and damp conditions, the 12th Fairs Cup Over 30’s football tournament was

ARCH BUILDING has long been a traditional part of the Bo’ness Fair. I would like to share some of my

AFTER the Christmas holidays, on the first day back at school, I was elected to be Queen of the Bo’ness

ANYONE from Bo’ness knows that there are really only two times of the year – Before the Fair and After

FOOTBALL has a way of serving up the most unexpected results. The previous evening the Netherlands had shocked the world