Old photo find

[McMurdo]

I was surfing around and came across these lovely photos from 1945 taken at the celebration of Bonnie Prince Charlie's Bicentenary


Sir Iain Colquhoun(L)attending the celebration of Bonnie Prince Charlie's Bicentennary for which he made the arrangements.


Two pipers playing at celebration of Bonnie Prince Charlie's Bicentenary.


An unidentified Scottish National posing for a picture.


An unidentified Scottish National posing for a picture.


Graig Brown posing for a picture.


Supposed Royal Descendent Archibald Chisholm attending the celebration of Bonnie Prince Charlie's Bicentenary.


Some of the crowd of 2000 that were on hand.

I really think there are some wonderful examples of how to wear highland dress in these photos, and so I had to share them with you.

[Tattoo Bradley]

That's a GREAT find Glen! Thanks for sharing. These are good examples of good Highland dress.

[Phogfan86]

Great photos! Thanks for posting them.

I've really got to get my big, cheesy mustache back -- lends a certain air to the kilt and balmoral.

[Rogerson785]

Sir,

Those LIFE pictures are fantastic, something to strive for in our kilted endeavors.

Chris

[Tim B]

Fantastic pix! I noticed in the photos, especially the last photo of the larger group, that many of the men seem to be carrying walking sticks (even the young lad in the front). Was this common then?

[Mac Daibhidh]

Fantastic pix! I noticed in the photos, especially the last photo of the larger group, that many of the men seem to be carrying walking sticks (even the young lad in the front). Was this common then?

I noticed the same thing. I used to walk through the woods with my grandfather looking for that one particular branch on a tree that would make the perfect walking stick. I even remember us wrapping a vine around one in hopes that one day it would create a nice gnarled feature... but as i got older, i couldn't locate it ever again.

I wouldn't mind finding out how many of our kilted members regularly carry this accessory as an accessory or a necessity.

chris

[Standard]

Cool pictures. I found a couple of things interesting one being that two men pictured had "horseblanket pins" for kilt pins, a large number of walking sticks, and as someone else noted not a sporran chain in site, belts only.

[JSFMACLJR]

Excellent pics! Hope you don't mind if I add several I found today from the same source:

1. Old Cameron of Lochiel:


2. Sir Fitzroy Maclean of Dunconnell (aka "James Bond")


3. Young MacLeod, upon his Coming of Age (the recently departed John MacLeod of MacLeod)




Sandford MacLean

[Southern Breeze]

Great pics, those are good examples of Highland dress. Thanks for posting them.

[JSFMACLJR]

I wouldn't mind finding out how many of our kilted members regularly carry this accessory as an accessory or a necessity.

chris

I usually carry a cromach; a useful accessory that can turn into a necessity!

Sandford MacLean