A temperance committee was formed soon after the walks started and the three villages of St. The playing of the flute or the 'fife' and the penny whistle during the walks began shortly after the first walks were held. They were the simplest instruments to play and often the fishermen made their own. Over the years the older people of the village taught the younger ones to play and the tradition has carried on to this day. For the first time in the history of the walk around fifteen years ago the first woman to flute in the ranks appeared.
Today there are much more women in the band but the majority are still male.
Most of the fluters play in each of the three walks to ensure the numbers in the band are kept up. For the first St. Combs walk of the millenium a number of tunes are to be played which have not been played for over fifty years, such as 'What a Gathering' and 'In a little time were going home'.