Bo'ness Fair Day Memories

BEING a rare breed of outsider, the lesser common southerner, moving to a quaint mining town was by no means

THOSE of us who are growing older can reflect on moments in our lives which are special. They may be

I can’t remember the first time I was asked that question. I can, however, remember the first time I came

I was born in Bo’ness in 1920 and started the Grange School in 1925 so my first Fair Day with

As I was born in 1936 I had a long wait to be introduced to my first Fair Day, thanks

“HELLO MAM it’s me, I’ve been picked for the Fair Queen”. Those were the first words I said to my

Until June, 1969, I had never heard of Bo’ness. During that month, I travelled frequently from my home in Burntisland

No one in a hundred years will remember me – or this article. This programme may end up being recycled,

My first recollection of the “Fair” goes back to the year that Queen Helen ( Nellie ) Young was crowned

THE new queen has been crowned, the champion has delivered his challenge, the presentees have performed and everyone has left

THERE is no use denying it – anyway someone would tell on me if I did – but there was

THE MORN’S THE FAIR . . . . BUT TONIGHT’S THE FAIR E’EN. . . . and for most of

LOOKING back fifty years – a lifetime – how things have changed! The Fair has grown up and is more

NORTH, East, South or West, Bo’ness Fair is the best as the rhyme goes, ask any true Bo’nessian of their

ONE of the perks of working in a school office in Bo’ness is the bubbling excitement throughout the school starting

THE importance of the Fair to our town should never be underestimated. Over the years it has been developed into

GROWING up in Queensferry, my brother, sister and I learned at an early age that Bo’ness Fair Day was so

WHEN Queen Ashley is crowned at this year’s centennial Bo’ness Fair, she will be the 89th to bear the title.