Bo'ness – or Borrowstounness – is a former port and industrial town on the south of the River Forth, two miles north of Linlithgow and eight miles east of Falkirk. The area is steeped in history – the Antonine Wall reached the Forth just east of Bo'ness, and there is a Roman fort on the Kinneil Estate, where James Watt worked on his steam engine. Trade from Holland and France and industries including salt–panning, mining, and ship-building made Bo'ness a wealthy burgh. Today Bo'ness is a proud community of around 14,250 people and s1boness.com has been developed to allow residents share their news, views and opinions, make announcements, publicise events and show off their photos and videos.

13/5/2008ING Harbour developments, Bo'ness/Hayle information exchange?

By Graham Coad

http://www.hayleharbour.com/home.html Click on this link for details of the ING proposed development at Hayle.

During an early exhibition of the proposals, enough of us attended and asked for a website that ING obliged. From the site there are links to .pdf files of the 2005 proposals which (modified) form the basis of last weeks Outline Planning submission.

I see that sadly Google Earth only shows Bo'ness in blurry low resolution. HAYLE can now be seen on Google Earth in high resolution, where the harbours and derelict areas can be easily examined.

Some Bo'ness people have already contacted me direct by email graham.coad@hayletowncouncil.net and I am interested in what's going on up there, and can return the compliment, or perhaps put people in touch with other interested parties.

Regards, Graham Coad.

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