Tattersall shirts

[Terry Searl]

I very much enjoy watching BBC Canada programs on the TV and especially dramas from the 1930's to the 1950's. Often on the shows I watch there are gentlemen of a, what might be called, for lack of a better term, country class and certainly from an older generation. Almost always these gentlemen are wearing waist coats with striped ties and "tattersall" shirts. When I first noticed this I thought to myself, By Golly those folk really do need help when picking out their day attire, heh! heh!....... To be honest I never knew that style of shirt had a name until I looked it up after hearing it referred to here, and mostly by Jock Scott, when he is advising us what is proper and what isn't in highland day wear attire.

At first, to me, Jock sounded like a bit of a curmudgeon, but I have softened that opinion to just Jock's way of expressing himself...... I still haven't come to the point where I would wear a tattersall shirt with a striped tie with my waist coats BUT I don't think any one who does wear such a shirt with a striped tie and waist coat needs help when choosing their day attire either

To me Jock is at one end of my spectrum on kilted daywear attire and those that choose a tee shirt, ordinary or scrunched down socks with boots, and wear their kilt at the same height as blue jeans and at their knees or below, are at the other end

I really want to thank Jock for his advice on how the kilt and day wear attire is worn in the Highlands. The more I see his advice in practice the more I agree with it .......not that my opinion matters to anyone except me.

I still haven't bought a tattersall shirt yet, although I do have a couple striped ties .....

Thanx for the advice Jock......I hope you all had a very nice Easter.......and please keep posting photos, as the old saying says " a photo is worth a thousand words"......cheers!