>From "The Way We Were" Wigtown Free Press 18th June, 1857 Thanks to the Free Press for these, there is no name given. The Ship "Fitz-James" crewed by sailors from the Stranraer district has arrived safely in Sydney after 98 days sailing. Capt. Hamilton and his crew are mostly natives of Kirkcolm. As proof of their successful voyage, only two out of 500 died, and they were a child and a toddler - although ten births occurred. The fishermen of Stranraer had some good hauls of herring on Tuesday morning last. The fish were very prime, and sold very quickly at a penny a piece. There were also quantities from Sandhead, Bay of Luce, which were if anything superior to those of Lochryan. Yesterday the town was also well supplied with herring and flounders - the later 10d per stone. Also arriving in Stranraer Harbour was the brig "Victor" from St. John's New Brunswick with a cargo of pine and timber for Messrs Robert Morland & Co. And in Wig Bay, Kirkcolm on Friday a smack "Isabella" left with a cargo of meal from Mr Hannah's mill there, and delivered it to Girvan on Saturday; and was ready to receive a cargo of coals for Mr Hannah, as a return cargo. 15th June, 1882 A Stranraer publican has served up the biggest oyster the area has ever seen. Mr McCulloch of the Downshire Arms, Stranraer showed us an oyster the other day caught somewhere in the Bay of Luce, measuring seven and a half inches in length by two inches thick. On being opened, it was found healthy and tender.