a broach spire. Sport West Calder is home to the football club West Calder United, who compete in the East of Scotland Football League. The 19th-century team Mossend Swifts (which provided two Scottish international players) was also based nearby. There is also a youth club. West Calder is also the home of the West Calder Model Flying Club. The club is run for the enjoyment and promotion of radio controlled model aircraft flying in the area. The club has its own tarmac runway and is maintained by the members for use throughout the whole year. West Calder Bowling Club is a local bowls club in the village. Notable people Sir Archibald Douglas (1298–1333), Guardian of Scotland and military leader The birthplace of James Douglas (1675–1742), physician and anatomist James Graham Fairley (1846–1934) architect George Fergusson, Lord Hermand (1743–1823) law lord The birthplace of John Kane (1860–1934), painter celebrated for his skill in Naïve art George Hogg (1869 – ????), Scottish footballer Thomas Fairfoul (1881–1952), Scottish footballer Lawrence Ennis, main supervisor of the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge Robert McKeen (1884–1974), Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives Liz Mistry, author of the Detective Inspector Gus Maguire series was originally from the village Dougal Haston (1940–1977), mountaineer and pupil at West Calder High Brian Eddie (1952– , footballer References External links Video footage of The Five Sisters Shale Bing Google Map Villages in West Lothian Parishes formerly in Midlothian