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Did you know that work on Beecraigs Loch was started by German prisoners-of-war during the First World War, but due to their unwillingness to work the job was given to conscientious objectors instead? This is just one of many snippets of information on West Lothian's experience of war that two local people painstakingly researched in order to put together a show to commemorate West Lothian's own war centenary from 2014 to 2018. “There was a Soldier...” is a unique show that

As part of my job I am very often heading along the A89 past Dechmont and I always notice the old Bangour Village Hospital and see...

Caputhall today is the site of the busy Deans Industrial Estate – Caputhall Road loops around the estate and there are industrial units off to each side. But a woman was murdered here a couple of hundred years ago, and “Caputhall Bog,” as it was then, entered local legend - the area was said to be haunted by the ghost of the unfortunate lady. According to the legend, Bonnie Prince Charlie and his army stopped at Boghall House (which was at the site of Boghall Farm Steadings)

Most locals are aware of the abandoned village of Bangour, an impressive collection of buildings on the hillside just north of...