Author: Friends of Kinneil

VISITORS will get more chances to see inside historic Kinneil House in Bo'ness in 2014. Eight open events - two more than 2013 - have been planned by The Friends of Kinneil charity and Historic Scotland for the year ahead. The free openings have been organised to tie in with national initiatives - like the… Continue reading See inside Kinneil House for free in 2014

We made two clootie dumplings for our recent James Watt Supper – one in the microwave, and one by more traditional means. Here’s the recipes for both. Enjoy. TRADITIONAL CLOOTIE DUMPLING You’ll need: 1 pound of S.R. Flour 1 teacup of breadcrumbs 1 teacup of sugar 1 teacup of suet ½ pound of sultanas ¾… Continue reading Anyone for Clootie Dumplings?

JOURNALISTS love to tempt visitors to Kinneil. Today (19 January, 2014) Scotland on Sunday’s Spectrum magazine names Kinneil House and the neighbouring Foreshore area as its Walk of the Week. This follows similar stories in 2012, 2011 and 2010 in the Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday. Kinneil also featured in SoS’s “Great Scottish Heritage Walks”… Continue reading Kinneil makes ‘Walk of the Week’ in Scotland on Sunday – again!

The minutes of the recent Friends’ foreshore group meeting are available to download now in Microsoft Word format. Foreshore Minutes - January 15, 2014 Enquries to Ian Edwards, Falkirk Council - ian.edwards@falkirk.gov.uk

Come and meet the RSPB at Kinneil Museum in Bo'ness on Saturday, January 25 -  and get ready for the Big Garden Bird Watch 2014! Practice your bird ID skills with a look through our binoculars, make enticing bird seedy cakes, and help find lost birds in Kinneil Estate. A spokesperson for the RSPB said:… Continue reading Get ready for the Big Kinneil Bird Watch

The Friends of Kinneil charity is hosting its annual James Watt Supper – a celebration about the inventor who worked at Kinneil – on Friday 17 January 2014, with a 7 p.m. for 7.30 p.m. start. The event will take place in St Mary’s Church Hall, Dean Road, Bo’ness. It’s open to members of the… Continue reading James Watt Supper 2014

The WordPress.com people prepared a 2013 annual report for this site. Here's an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This site was viewed about 23,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 9 sold-out performances for that many people to… Continue reading Kinneil website reviews 2013

Kinneil Museum was due to re-open today after the Christmas break. It will be open from 12.30 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Dec 27, 28 and 30 - and then from 12.30 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Hogmanay. Please note that the museum will be closed on January 1 and 2. Normal opening hours -… Continue reading Holiday opening times at Kinneil

Thanks to everyone who’s visited the website this year. Remember you can also keep in touch via Facebook – http://www.fb.com/kinneil – and on Twitter using @kinneil – http://www.twitter.com/kinneil

Thanks to our friends at the Hadrian's Wall Trust - http://www.visithadrianswall.co.uk - we're giving away five DVDs via our Facebook page. Enter here: https://a.pgtb.me/8k3Ltk You have to "like" our page and then give a few details to enter. It's free of charge and open to anyone in the UK. Closing date is December 1, 2013.… Continue reading Win Hadrian’s Wall DVDs