Laying Down Of The Black Watch & 1/51 Colours

**Nervous Jock** · 3rd July 12, 01:00 PM

Good piece of watch and learn

http://youtu.be/p9rCDVtbdzU

http://youtu.be/i47gikoPIOU

**tulloch** · 5th July 12, 08:03 AM

Good stuff. Thanks.

**BCAC** · 6th July 12, 06:06 AM

NJ, why did they lay up the colours? Are they being replaced? Something to do with Army2020? I thought that only the A&SH were touched by the reforms?

**Nervous Jock** · 6th July 12, 09:11 AM

Originally Posted by BCAC

NJ, why did they lay up the colours? Are they being replaced? Something to do with Army2020? I thought that only the A&SH were touched by the reforms?

After the RRS was formed the Battalions all got new colours which were presented last year. Effectively the 3 & 7 SCOTS colours superceeded these.

It'll be interesting to see what happens to the 5 SCOTS colours with the recent announcement.

**Tartan Tess** · 6th July 12, 09:47 AM

Wow, you can't blame their thinking, especially with 100,000 "STUNT" kilts in Black Watch tartan (ebay) coming in from Indonesia weekly for retail sale....Black watch sadly, in the US does not represent what it was intended for anymore.

**Nervous Jock** · 6th July 12, 09:50 AM

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**Jock Scot** · 6th July 12, 10:18 AM

I am somewhat bemused too, N J.

**Nervous Jock** · 6th July 12, 11:31 AM

Thats about 2 stunt kites for everyone in the army but

**OC Richard** · 6th July 12, 07:14 PM

Originally Posted by Nervous Jock

Good piece of watch and learn

http://youtu.be/p9rCDVtbdzU

http://youtu.be/i47gikoPIOU

Very interesting, that second one, because you can see the current members and veterans and the mixed pipe band etc.

I wonder if Jock Scot noticed some of his fellow Scots wearing Prince Charlies during this daytime outdoor event... (just came to mind due to another thread)

**Jock Scot** · 7th July 12, 01:52 AM

Originally Posted by OC Richard

I wonder if Jock Scot noticed some of his fellow Scots wearing Prince Charlies during this daytime outdoor event... (just came to mind due to another thread)

Well yes I did and I did wonder if it would raise a comment here.

Like any soldier will tell you, "sometimes you have to fight with what you have, which will not be necessarily what you ought to have."

I can only surmise of course and I doubt that I am wrong, this is the case here. We need to remember the one kilt(and attire) special occasion train of thought that the Scots have, so unlike a very few, there is no wardrobe of assorted kilt attire choices . So if we think about it, most special occasions are black tie events taking place in the evening, so it follows that a PC is the obvious choice for those events, for some. So when a special day time event takes place what do they choose? Just a shirt and tie? No. A pullover? No. So the obvious choice(actually there is no choice) is the PC. Not absolutely "right" and they probably know that, but its the best they have to do justice to the occasion--------just like the old soldiers that most of them were at the occasion in question were trained to do. As I say, quite often, drawing conclusions from pictures can lead one down the wrong track.