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Apr 30, 20143 min read
John Newland Festival - What's it all about?
John Newland was one of the many Scots who sailed to the West Indies in the 18th century to make their fortunes out of sugar and slave
Editor
Mar 3, 20144 min read
Let's go fly a camera kite
Kite flying has timeless appeal ...but how many people realise that flying a kite can be used to discover what lies underground?...
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Nov 2, 20133 min read
Benefits cuts: How West Calder reacted
Benefits cuts, austerity measures, local authority budgets stretched to the limit, households struggling to make ends meet, social unease...
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Sep 5, 20135 min read
When Torphichen was the centre of Scotland
It's a long time since the wee village of Torphichen was a bustling busy centre, a destination for royalty, a stop-off point for...
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Jan 10, 20134 min read
Henry Bell, Torphichen's unsung hero
Hardly anybody has heard of him, but Torphichen-born Henry Bell was the first man to successfully apply steam power to shipping so that...
Editor
Jul 2, 20124 min read
He founded the world’s oil economy, became a billionnaire and saved the whales
Just off the A71 through Polbeth there is a bucolic nook which seems worlds away from the hustle and bustle of the main road. In the...
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Sep 5, 20115 min read
When Pumpherston had an empire
The sign welcoming visitors to Pumpherston says “Historic centre of shale oil industry.” This simple description belies the enormity of...
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May 4, 20114 min read
Hatton House, the grandest of them all
These days you don't need Mons Meg, the giant cannon now at the top of Edinburgh Castle, to gain access to the site of Hatton House from...
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May 3, 20105 min read
Drew McAdam - Master Mind Reader
Usually described as Scotland’s foremost mind reader, he lives in Polbeth and is in great demand all over the country as an entertainer,...
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Mar 1, 20102 min read
Do you know where this local mansion is?
Its rooms, which once echoed to the sounds of family and socialising, began to echo to the sound of shale dumped on the advancing bings
Editor
Nov 7, 20093 min read
When The Camps was a household name
''Here the pulse of life beat strong at one time, here large bands of young men were wont to assemble of a summer's evening to take part...
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