The skirl o’ the pipes at the popular Royal Burgh of Dumfries Tattoo are to be silenced after the charity announced on Wednesday that it is over.
The charity’s board of trustees confirmed its intention to wind up and step back from producing the biennial spectacle, with rising costs, a drop in funding and too few helpers stepping forward being blamed for the move.
Its director of external relations, Lyle Hamilton, said: “This decision has not come easily and has only been made after significant effort has been made to attract a suitable number of volunteers, members and trustees to effectively run our charity.
