- Memories of olden times that bring a tear to the eye, like sawdust fi a passing Anderson's lorry.
Monday, November 06, 2006
The Boys of Very Old Bo'ness
Here's a map of a very old Bo'ness I found. Unfortunately, the orientation is upside-down, so North is at the bottom of the page. Kinneil House is at the right, for example.
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The writing looks suspiciously like Futin Det's - is this fi an auld Runequest scenario u hud lyin ur drawer?
Nut - it's from the National Library of Scotland website, from 1600s, or something. But it doesn't exactly look like the best piece of cartography I've ever seen. They can't even spell Borrowstounness.
This site wis set up by a group i bored thirtysumhings who grew up thegithir in Bo'ness, a quaint former whaling port and mining town oan the banks i the Michty River Forth windin thru the Glens i Scotland. The site is carefully worded in the Bo'ness dialect - please let us ken (know) if u canny understaun it afore breengin in. Be shair ti look it the comments under each poast - they are usually funnier than the stuff we pit up, and feel free ti poast yir ain!! We especially want ti hear fi aw they local petrochemical 'workers' who dae nuhin bit read this site n watch porn oan the nicht shift, in between turning a couple i valves n takin a fly heid doon.
8 comments:
The writing looks suspiciously like Futin Det's - is this fi an auld Runequest scenario u hud lyin ur drawer?
Nut - it's from the National Library of Scotland website, from 1600s, or something. But it doesn't exactly look like the best piece of cartography I've ever seen. They can't even spell Borrowstounness.
Ah see "G pans" gits a mention tho- - jist under the poorly spelt "Borrowtones"
Four steps ti the left and six forward and we find the treasure. Is it no oot i treasure island?
Sorry to disappoint you Carrier, but that's "& Pans", i.e. the salt pans where Grangepans gets its name.
Nivir!
Fake!
Actually, I just wanted to try and see if I could post something with a picture and couldn't think of anything else to show.
U huv certainly stimulated a lot of mass debate aroond this subject. Poast up sum mair!
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