All the more remarkable is the fact that this isn't her year from school, but her late husband Alex's classmates!

The picture is of Linlithgow Public School's primary one class, from around 1934/35, who turn 80 this year.

Back row, l-r: Harry Merker, Joe Lidster, Ronald McLeod, B Borthwick, Alex MacKay, W Cochrane, David McAlpine, Bobby Newbigging and Harry Cunningham. Third row: Jim Brown, ?, William Millar, T Anderson, John McNeill, Bobby Forgan, Robert Shaw, ? and Alex Bell. Second row: M Shields, B Ferguson, ?, Margaret Simpson, Dorothy Thomson, N Scullion, ?, ?, Mary Cunningham, Barbara Galloway. Front: B Sneddon, Betty Smith, A McGregor, Frances Anthony, Mary Kerr, ?.

60 years ago

The people of South Queensferry put up a very poor attendance on Remembrance Sunday. The procession had a few members of the British Legion, there were no clergymen at the war memorial and very few citizens attended.

Store windows in our towns are a fine spectacle with pyramids and towers of jelly jars and canned goods, all competing against 70 branches of Co-operative societies for the best dressed shop displays. Judging takes place in Linlithgow and Bo'ness this week.

All gas lamps in Bo'ness have now been converted to electricity but complaints are coming in from locals that they are not on for long enough in the evenings. With so many social functions over the winter, it does not make sense for them to be going out at 11pm.

Bo'ness Town Council is to take action over houses standing empty while people are sorely in need of homes. Some houses have been waiting for buyers for as long as five months.

Linlithgow Rose made a sorry show in their league match at Prestonfield against league leaders Armadale Thistle, losing 6-0 thanks largely to a dreadful second half.

40 years ago

The Bo'ness branch of the British Legion which planned to purchase the Learmouth Hall, Grangepans, and turn it into a club, saw the scheme scuppered by a clause in the title deeds which states that no liquor can be sold in the premises.

Linlithgow's latest Vennel venture is geared towards the tourist market. The new Glass Neuk has opened at the Cross and the glass manipulation is being sold as lampshades, paintings and ornaments.

Almost 1000 pigeons were entered for Scotland's Own Pigeon Show held in Bo'ness Town Hall on Saturday. Annie Bowes, of the famous fancier family was principal judge and she praised the fine birds from the area.

Bridgend Thistle ran away with goals at the weekend, trouncing Seafield 10-0.

Our reporter Vic Wood was eternally grateful to Rose player Eric Black who equalised three minutes from the end of the game against Cumbernauld United at the weekend. Vic had promised to jump into Linlithgow Loch if the Rose lost at Prestonfield in the Scottish Junior Cup first round tie!