Bo'ness Fair Day Memories

Born and brought up ” up the Braes “, where the land can be somewhat marginal, we were able to look over to the north-east

“Write me 2,000 words on the Fair Days you reported when you were with the Bo’ness Journal”. The request was delivered in that no no-nonsense

They say that first impressions count. Both good and bad. But to start to understand what makes a place tick takes a long time –

MOST of you will have heard that old chestnut about the two guys crawling across the Sahara Desert in the blistering heat. One turns to

One hundred years have gone by since the doors of Kinneil School were first opened to accomodate the children of the West end of Bo’ness.

“Bo’ness Fair” – words which conjure up a postcard setting for most people, a glamorous spectacle, once seen never to be forgotten. Words which for

Sceptics have often suggested that the letters O.B.E. may possibly have another meaning apart from the official order of the British Empire. Bo’nessians now know

1984, – THE YEAR OF BIG BROTHER as predicted by George Orwell. A year in which everything would change dramatically and freedom as we know

Bo’ness Children’s Fair Festival is an occasion for lifting up one’s heart in joyful celebration. It is an event, too, which fires the imagination as

Not the Co-op, but the railway! The history of the Bo’ness Branch begins with the Slammanan Railway which was formed between 1826 and 1840. The

One of the privileges of having reached the age of three score and ten, is being able to recall events, personnel and features of early

There are Seven Wonders of the World. The eighth must be the wonder of the Bo’ness Fair. The Fair has a wondrous, magical quality that

Like most towns, local life is enlightened by the worthies in the community. And a real worthy cannot be manufactured, they are born to their

The generally held belief that James Watt perfected his steam engine in Bo’ness carries a grain of truth, but little more than a grain. He

Bo’ness as a town has suffered its fair share of industrial closures over the years. From a brisk shipping community, coal mining, pottery, woodyards, production

“With a laugh loud and long, With a dance and a song, We hail our Festal Day.” Since 1897 when our first Queen was crowned

It is wonderful what one warm day’s sunshine can do. It was so lovely it set me thinking of that magical time that will be

Bo’ness Fair was 13 years old in 1910 and during that 13 years, the children’s day had gone from strength to strength. Slow the event