Take a trip down memory lane in Bo'ness, Linlithgow and South Queensferry
OUR thanks go to Mrs Peggy Dowie (nee O'Neill) for today's photo.
It was taken in a close next to Brady's Bar, where Brae Court in Linlithgow is now. The photo, from 1936, shows, back row: Barbara Archibald, Maisie O'Neill, Agnes Archibald, Mrs Fradley, Helen McKnight; middle row: Jessie McKnight, Margaret Wood, Peggy O'Neill, Ivy Wood, Andrew O'Neill; front row: David Wood, Arthur Archibald, Willie Millar and Jock Millar. Mean-while, Peggy has named everyone in the 1936 Gala Day picture (inset) in our December 25 edition.
The retinue was from St Joseph's Primary, when it was at the Low Port. They were Jim Dunleavie, James Kelly, John Flynn, John Dunleavie, Mary Donoghue, Teresa Caufield, Maisie Aitken, Ann O'Neill, Peggy Kilbride, Helen O'Donnel, Jim McKenna, Claire McCluskey, Betty Black and Arthur Hughes.
50 years ago
Thefts from Woolworth's are becoming too frequent in Bo'ness, Provost Alexander Buchanan said on Monday. One woman on Livingstone Drive recently admitted stealing lavender water, a pipe and tobacco pouch, socks and books.
The extension of Queensferry's town boundaries, to take in about 13.5 acres in the cemetery area west of Kirkliston Road for private house building, was considered by the Town Council this week.
A Bo'ness OAP was taken to hospital with a suspected broken jaw when the double-decker bus he was travelling in collided with a single-decker bus outside the town. The bus staircase was crushed leaving 20 top-deck passengers marooned.
When James Paul, a Blackness farmer, saw two dogs tearing his chickens apart he tried to drive them away but was forced to shoot them. Despite inquiries by police, the owners have not been found and it is assumed the animals were strays.
Bo'ness United were knocked out of their fourth trophy this season when they lost 1-0 to Larkhall Thistle in the second round of the Lanark and Lothians Citizen Cup.
25 years ago
The future now looks gloomy for the threatened Vat 69 whisky bottling and blending plant at South Queensferry after it was revealed that a plan to take over the William and Son company has fallen through.
It's all systems go for a BMX track in Linlithgow. It is hoped that the track will be open in time for the start of the 1985 BMX season and it is warmly welcomed by residents.
Athletics club Bo'ness Harriers has ambitious plans for a 4000 running track. Central Region and Falkirk District councils are considering two sites where the grass track could be built and the club are anxious for a decision to be made.
The death toll on West Lothian roads is causing grave concern after figures released by Lothian and Borders police showed they had almost doubled over the past 12 months, to 277 accidents in Linlithgow and Queensferry during 1984.
A last-minute decision will be taken on whether or not the frozen pitch has thawed sufficiently to allow the third round Scottish Junior Cup clash between Linlithgow Rose and Darvel to go ahead.
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Wednesday 08 February 2012
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