Welcome to Earlston Curling Club
A random extract from Kerr's "The History of Curling":
"On one or two occasions, notably in 1860 and in 1886, General Frost, after convening his army on the ice, ran off and left them in the hands of General Thaw, and many timid players beat a retreat to the banks, but the majority fought on till the firing of the signal gun, some of them being nearly knee-deep in the water. London, out of sheer spite, sent down one of her fogs and tried to stop the match of December 13, 1878; but it was carried through successfully, although the curlers had to grope about without being able to distinguish friend from foe."