As part of a project funded by Sustrans, local people were interviewed about their memories of the Bo’ness Foreshore area. With the charity’s permission, we have republished the audio clips – recorded several years ago – here.
Walter Stanners – life of a miner
Sam Lyons – working in the pit
Karene Grant – the end of an era (the closure of Kinneil Colliery)
Karene Grant – being a Bo’ness Bairn
Bertha Stanners – life as a miner’s wife
Alistair Moore – tunneling under the Forth (courtesy of the Inner Forth Landscape Initiative)
Nancy Findlay – Bo’ness Station – memories of the foreshore
Robert Jardine – memories of the foreshore (intro)
Robert Jardine – memories of the foreshore (coal and the distillery)
Robert Jardine – memories of the foreshore (the original railway station)
Robert Jardine – memories of the foreshore (Bo’ness Habour)
Robert Jardine – memories of the foreshore (shipbreaking)
- Please note that in the last clip Robert was referring to Bridgeness Harbour (not Bo’ness Harbour)
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