Day: June 21, 2016

“There was great excitement at 41 South Street yesterday,” reported the Bo’ness “Journal” of Friday, 11th April, 1952, and then

What will the Blackness youngsters lose this year? That’s what everyone is wondering after last year’s hilarious presentation by the

“The morn’s the Fair and I’ll be there and I’ll hae up my curlie hair.” So chanted the wee lasses

Maypole When 16 pupils of St. Mary’s Primary school, Bo’ness, perform the Maypole Dance at the Fair this summer, they

“Underneath the arches” – to most people these words recall Flannagan and Allan, but for generations of Bo’nessians they have

With a fanfare of trumpets Deanburn Primary School will this year herald the crowning in the Glebe Park of its

Kinneil Memories With the principal characters at this year’s Fair coming from Deanburn School much of the excitement will be

As far as the thousands of visitors who crowd into Bo’ness every Fair Day are concerned, Bo’ness Children’s Fair Festival

ROARING TWENTIES MAKE HEADLINE NEWS Making headline news at this year’s Fair will be the girls of the Grange School’s

A NOTABLE PERSONALITY Making his last appearance at this year’s Fair will be the Festival’s Musical Director, Mr. James Cuthell.