African soul, crafted in Scotland: Gold medal-winning rum from Matugga Distillers
You might think the ingredients for gold medal-winning rum is all in the molasses and copper pot stills. But you’d be only partially correct
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Mar 12, 20203 min read
Craigshill Good Neighbour Network (CGNN): Neighbours helping Neighbours
Operating from a base in Craigshill, but open to people from all around West Lothian and beyond (“we wouldn’t be good neighbours if we...
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Mar 8, 20204 min read
Alderstone: Plague-watching duties, muster and civil war
A time-travelling resident of the Livingston area from the 15th century would recognise almost nothing if they visited today; it would be...
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Mar 4, 20203 min read
Allison Poulter, Cat Sitter
It’s an unusual occupation, one born from a passion for cats. Allison Poulter is a home-visiting cat sitter. Or Cat Whisperer. Or...
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Jan 31, 20203 min read
Musically Active Dudes
A class with an energetic dance vibe and great music, from a DJ who regularly spins the discs at Boteco do Brasil in Edinburgh and...
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Dec 16, 20194 min read
Howden Weir: The UK's Largest Rock Ramp
It looks like a natural rock fall in the river, but is actually a sophisticated piece of engineering work. In the River Almond at Howden...
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Nov 8, 20194 min read
The Laird o' Livingston's Legacy
In return for military service, de Leving, a Flemish nobleman invited to Scotland by King David 1, was given a grant of land. In what is...
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Nov 6, 20192 min read
Re-engage: Tackling loneliness in West Lothian with tea and company
Loneliness is one of the most invisible but debilitating issues in society today, but all across West Lothian volunteers are working to...
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Nov 1, 20195 min read
Our Own X Files
Rounding a corner of a woodland path on Dechmont Law, a forester going about his job in November 1979 entered a clearing and came upon a...
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Oct 6, 20193 min read
Coffee Direct, West Lothian's premium coffee roastery
The smell of good coffee; a roasting machine; bags of different coffee beans and lots of coffee paraphernalia greets you as you walk into...
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Jan 3, 20193 min read
Livingston Mill
The noise of mill machinery grinding grain, of water from the River Almond swooshing over a huge waterwheel and of the periodic...
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Dec 5, 20183 min read
Dignity Boxes
“I’d like people to be able to have essential toiletries and personal hygiene products without having to ask, and without needing to...
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Nov 27, 20182 min read
Smack me Down, Win 500 Francs
Even in 1848 when the first wrestling troupe was formed in France by Jean Exbroyat (who issued the headline challenge) the name of the...
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Nov 9, 20182 min read
From Small Acorns...
There's a yawning gap in my sporting experience - I've never launched a netball ball in anger or joy; in fact, I've never even held a...
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Sep 1, 20182 min read
Ask 100 people...
...who is the greatest sportsperson of all time? And three will answer Cassius Clay, 96 Muhammad Ali and one ANother, for example...
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Jul 2, 20183 min read
The Livi Lions Rollercoaster
Every Livingston Football Club entrance ticket should be supplied with a free travel sickness pill to counteract the up and down, North...
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Nov 6, 20163 min read
West Lothian Eagles
The West Lothian Eagles are Scotland's newest Aussie rules football team! Unlike the famous West Coast Eagles in Australia, players and...
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Apr 5, 20155 min read
The White Lady of Caputhall Bog
Caputhall today is the site of the busy Deans Industrial Estate – Caputhall Road loops around the estate and there are industrial units...
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Jul 4, 20124 min read
There's a coach coming in!
West Lothian’s varied travel history includes a 90 year period when stagecoaches ruled the roads. Between 1760 and 1850, stagecoaches...
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Mar 3, 20123 min read
A Carmondean Character
For the last 12 years, Tuesdays to Saturdays, rain or shine, Daniel Priester (Dan), has been selling his popular, char-grilled hot dogs...
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