- Memories of olden times that bring a tear to the eye, like sawdust fi a passing Anderson's lorry.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Fair Claes 1950s-style
In this photo from the family archive, family and friends wait outside the Douglas Hotel Bar for the procession. [I am led to believe this pub used to be near the town clock. Can anyone confirm this?]
The old boy in front of the window (2nd from the right) has that look of quiet contentment you only get while playing a quick frame of "pocket billiards".
One cannot help but admire the sartorial elegance i they auld boays oan the Fair Day of 19oatcake. Nooadays ita aw yon beige claes ye see the OAPs wearin. The bespoke tailored suit is a thing of the past. Sad.
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.
7 comments:
Is that Yan it the front?
If you google Douglas Hotel Bo'ness their is a scran site with a photo. It is the white building on the corner that is the douglas hotel.
Cheers faew Doon Under
The old boy in front of the window (2nd from the right) has that look of quiet contentment you only get while playing a quick frame of "pocket billiards".
New cap fir the fair eh?
One cannot help but admire the sartorial elegance i they auld boays oan the Fair Day of 19oatcake.
Nooadays ita aw yon beige claes ye see the OAPs wearin.
The bespoke tailored suit is a thing of the past.
Sad.
Haw! Ye goat er a dizin fowk an twa weans in photis in they days. Ye dinny get that noo min. Haw!
Braw luckin building that.
Probably a nice pint ye goat in thair anaw.
Toon centre improovements?
BAH!!
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