Day: June 21, 2016

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

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

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

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

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

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

In Bo’ness a person who is born and bred in the town is known as a “Hamebider.” and such I

Whatever else disappeared because of the Second World War, one tradition which sank out of sight when the Fair was

History will be made on this 1978 Fair Day. It’s more than likely that a cut-down version of the coronation

It is often said that lightning never strikes twice in the same place, but for Mrs May Donaldson and her