IS BO'NESS AN ART DECO PARADISE?

[@ndetrixhe]

Loved the video. I grew up here, went to Grange School, then Bo’ness Academy. I have been in the USA for 40 years, but Bo’ness is home.

[@thewanderingkilt4698]

Thanks for your comment, i enjoyed filming boness, but the big draw for me was a pizza from the barracuda chip shop, just down from the fire station yum. Cheers g.

[@epicfart080]

@@thewanderingkilt4698 I LOVE BARRACUDA!!

[@epicfart080]

I swear grange school is haunted lol

[@williamf4544]

Is the ghost of Aggie Rothney @@epicfart080

[@Colin32269]

I lived here in 1972 then we moved to Canada,am sending this to my Mum.Thanx.

[@thewanderingkilt4698]

Hi Colin, im glad you enjoyed it. Im sure the town has changed quite a bit from the 70s. Cheers g.

[@jstringfellow1961]

I truly loved it. I am considering moving to Bo'ness in the spring. It's between Bo'ness and Inverkeithing, so this was a great assist. Thank you.

[@thewanderingkilt4698]

I would probably pick boness too,cheers,g

[@lisagilliland3869]

Did you move? I am looking at moving next summer too. I want to find out what is it like for teenage boys.

[@thewanderingkilt4698]

Glad to hear it, there is a cracking pizza take away up the hill, the barracuda, well worth a visit. Boness is a nice enough wee place, but not too far from falkirk or edinburgh.,cheers g.

[@smujiodome]

Great film George. The town has lots of character.

[@thewanderingkilt4698]

For a small town there is plenty to see

[@smujiodome]

@@thewanderingkilt4698 I’ve cycled from Blackness to Bo’ness along the shore. There’s lots to see at the docks. Some old cranes that I used to repair and a big disused square harbour. I wonder if that white building was once a cinema. It looks like the Maybury Casino. As you say Art Deco. Lots of them still in Glasgow. I photographed a few of them a while back.

[@colinsimpson8822]

Lived in commissioner street before coming to Australia 54 years ago still feel the pull of scotland

[@thewanderingkilt4698]

@@colinsimpson8822 thanks colin, im glad you liked it. I sometimes forget that whats just along the road for me is thousands of miles away for others, cheers g.

[@williamf4544]

5:22 The building was called the coffin block because people thought the doorway was shaped like a coffin

[@thewanderingkilt4698]

I can see why, cheers

[@jackhaggerty1066]

You are wrong. This is a Treat. I long to visit Bo'ness in time for late breakfast, after watching your film. Magnificent buildings, lovely views of the Firth of Forth. Wonderful architecture. Mysterious on this darkish day. A hidden treasure.

[@thewanderingkilt4698]

I just love the architecture, it is such a treasure, cheers g.

[@sofia1111.]

I go to st Mary’s and Bo’ness fair day was a blast

[@thewanderingkilt4698]

Ill need to check that out next year,cheers g.

[@sofia1111.]

It’s st Mary’s year next year for the queen

[@Елена-щ5ъ2ж]

❤thank you❤

[@fionaramsay9157]

I was in Bo'ness recently and was also struck by the number and quality of Art Deco buildings. However, you have missed out a lot by sticking to the town centre. Travel up the hill and some of the houses are stunning.

[@thewanderingkilt4698]

@fionaramsay9157 unfortunately I have found that people tend not to watch more than 10 minutes so I try to get as much in as I can, to give a flavour of the area. Thanks for your comment,cheers g

[@wstevenson4913]

Last time I was in Bo'ness about 20 years ago I had a roll and sausage, it was cosmic, never forgot it

[@thewanderingkilt4698]

Thanks for the comment William, the food in Bo'ness is fab, its a nice wee place to spend a couple of hours. Cheers g

[@TheChrisbev]

Nice to see - you stopped right at my old front door (the coffinblock)

[@thewanderingkilt4698]

We aim to please 😆

[@macjim]

In all the years I’ve worked in Bo’ness, I’ve never had a fish tea in the Corvies. I always went to the one up at the football grounds. The large building at 04.30 ish, was the Star cinema… I think it became a repair shop. Someone lives at the top of the building still… I work at the heritage railway on the foreshore. We just this weekend started running steam hauled trains for the tourists etc… come and have a trip.

[@thewanderingkilt4698]

We had a coffee in corvies but must try the chips, the Barracuda along the road does amazing 🍕

[@macjim]

@@thewanderingkilt4698 did you not go to the railway, or was it closed when you were there?

[@thewanderingkilt4698]

Sadly it was closed as there's nothing better to film than a steam train or two. Maybe try again later this year, cheers g.

[@williamf4544]

Same i was brought up in Boness and never had anything out of Rosie Corvies either - people in Bo"ness have long memories - i seem to remember my mum talking about how there used to always be a cat on the counter during the war - as i say very long memories and very unforgiving - think the few times we had chips they were out the one your talking about - I remember an old lady called Aggie Rothney had a small chippy out towards Bridgeness and she used to buy your greenshield stamps and Embassy cigarette coupons form you

[@epicfart080]

i live in Bo’Ness, i go to Taekwondo in GrangeMouth on Thursdays and town hall on Saturdays and Tuesdays i currently go to Deanburn 🎉and yeah i think Bo’ness is the best because its s little town.

[@thewanderingkilt4698]

Its nice that you are proud of your home town, cheers g.

[@williamf4544]

As soon as your old enough get out get out get out - run as fast as you can and dont look back - trust me on that one

[@johnboybyt9321]

BYT #1

[@georgelourie9703]

The music is. Terrable please

[@thewanderingkilt4698]

Best i can suggest is turn the volume down. Some people like it, some dont. But thanks for your comment.cheers g