Last March, Stranraer ladies' guild pulled a few strings to organise a fiddlers' concert at Stranraer Academy under the baton of John Mason. It was a sell out and raised £622 to give the guild a great start to its fund-raising year. The orchestra regularly plays 'The Heroes of Longhope', a dedication to the tragedy which never fails to move its audiences.

photograph by courtesy of F. H. McCarlie.