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?]
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- Memories of olden times that bring a tear to the eye, like sawdust fi a passing Anderson's lorry.
Dinny ken whit we are oan aboot?
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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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