One of the Samaritans’ longest-serving listening volunteers has been honoured in Dumfries.
The honorary title of patron of the branch was awarded to 83-year-old Barbara MacLure by the charity’s chief executive Julie Bentley on a visit to the town on Monday.
Barbara did the first-ever shift at the newly-established Dumfries branch of Samaritans on Sunday, March 1, 1980 – becoming its chairman nine years later.
