Tommy Palmer of Maddiston was a member of the Special Air Service (SAS) and was involved in the Iranian Embassy Siege 1981.  He received The Queen's Gallantry Medal and also served in The Falklands War 1982.  He died in a road Traffic accident in Northern Ireland in 1983.

For its proximity to the Forth and Clyde Canal.

Bonhard was an old mansion house situated on rising ground to the East of Erngath Hills.   There was a local placenearby called Green of Bonhard.

A local place name first recorded in 1711.  It lay close to the Pow Burn. 

Rosie Corvi  (nee Ferrari)  married Bertie Corvi and the couple opened their first chip shop in Bo’ness in the 1930s.  The business is still going strong.

Roselynn was the name of one of pools on the River Carron popular with local residents.