In Scotland’s Year of Homecoming, former Herring Queens returned to Eyemouth from around the globe to mark the seventieth anniversary of the festival of the Herring Queen ehq.org.uk.  Started as a ‘peace picnic’ to mark the end of the first world war, the festival continues today as a symbolic celebration of the ideals of a fishing community. The Queen and her court arrive by sea on the Eyemouth lifeboat. A week of events for all concludes with a  display of fireworks lighting up the sky over Eyemouth bay.