Third of seven programmes on family influences and traditions Holding the Fort
The small fortified town of Galle juts out into the Indian ocean, at the south-western corner of Sri Lanka. Within the ramparts, by the crumbling YWCA building, Mrs Bwldjens is selling her home-made fudge.
She is proud of her Dutch name. In a small room at the back, Gracie Bartholomeus is teaching English elocution to Muslim children; while across the road, inside the old Dutch church, Nesta Brohier polishes a brass plate bearing her daughter's name.
Melanie Butler meets the three remaining members of a disappearing tribe - the last Burghers of Galle.
Local adviser JOHN M. GORNER
Producer NIGEL ACHESON. Stereo