Carriden

Bo'ness and Carriden Brass Band will be heading to Blackpool in May for the Spring Festival competition and will then begin preparations for the National Championships and hope to go one better than their finish in Perth. David said: “The last time we ...

The concert will feature a varied programme put together by Charlie Farren and takes place in Carriden Church. All proceeds will be split between the church and two Primary Scierosing Cholangitise research charities. The band's Flugel player, Hayley ...

Music lovers had a treat last week as the Bo'ness and Carriden Band held its annual concert. It was the 27th time the event had taken place and the audience in Bo'ness Town Hall were entertained by the best the group has to offer. Bill Braid, who ...

A Carriden man took serving his country to the next level as he ended up spying on the Russians and East Germans. Bill Dickson (78) received the call-up for National Service just after his 18th birthday in 1955.

A spokesman for the church said: “The deeds suggest the old church seems to be owned by the 'Heritor's of the Parish of Carriden' which could be the council or the local church trustees.” As the Journal and Gazette went to press the mystery was solved.

His identity was stolen by a scam artist through use of fake social media pages, email addresses and a Google voice number in order to contact fellow musicians, preachers, fans and promoters to steal money. The scam artist even used Carr's identity to ...