Take a trip down memory lane in Bo'ness, Linlithgow and South Queensferry
THIS week's peep at the past is from our own files and depicts the 1954 Linlithgow Rose football team and back-room staff.
This team was the first to win any trophies for the club and as you can imagine caused much celebration throughout Linlithgow after the team were presented with silverware.
Mr Sutherland was the secretary at the time and was reportedly extremely proud of the fact that he had been part of the Linlithgow Rose victory – his family originally handed in this photo to us many years ago.
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25 years ago
Householders in Bo'ness battled alongside firemen for over seven hours in a desperate attempt to prevent their homes in Henry Street from flooding. After a day of excessive rainfall many residents stayed up through the night to help fire fighters and engineers, pump 12,000 gallons of water an hour into a nearby field.
Plans were unveiled by Digital Equipment Corporation to create up to
400 new jobs at a 82 million silicon chip manufacturing plant in Queensferry.
Many saw the announcement as a confirmation the Scotland was now a major electronics centre.
This week marks the anniversary of final phase of a 1.2 million project to tidy up the Bo'ness foreshore. Central Regional Council started landscaping 100 acres of derelict forshore in order to create a recreational area with trees, shrubs and a car parking area.
A glamour match was held at Prestonfield, Linlithgow to celebrate the centenary of the SJFA. A large crowd was expected to turn up to watch the match between an Eastern Regional select and a Scottish select.
50 years ago
The Bo'ness Scouts returned from a 16-day trip to Denmark. They were the only Scottish troop to attend the Danish YMCA Scouts' 50th anniversary celebrations.
Many were looking forward to the three day "Bo'ness Fair Film Festival" at the Hippodrome, to see Sharkfighters, Cinderella and Treasure Island in the summer holidays.
The Queensferry Boat Club held its second full-scale regatta. There was a total of 73 entries including both yachts and motorboats. The warm weather induced many to turn up to watch the event.
A limit on new house-building is being introduced in Linlithgow, following a nationwide review.
At the International Festival of Dancing and the Arts, held in Edinburgh, two country dancing teams from Winchburgh were successful the under 10's event. They returned home with a silver medal, second place out of eleven teams and the under 16's came fourth out of 20 teams.
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Tuesday 07 February 2012
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