Interesting book, "The Victorians and Edwardians at Play"

[Bugbear]

I've been reading through a very interesting book, The Victorians and Edwardians at Play, by John Hannavy (Shire Publications, 2009).
The book uses photographs and also lots of post cards from the era to discuss the different leisure activities.
Scotland comes up often, as in golf, grouse shoots, fishing, etc. Andrew Lang is quoted on fishing.

It does have, as far as I can tell, a picture of a kilt. In the section "Listening to the Band," the caption for one of the pictures points out a Scottish regiment band with the bandmaster wearing a kilt from 1908 or 9.
It's been a fun book to go through, and there's another book by the same, The Victorians and Edwardians at Work, which I might also look into.

[Bugbear]

Guess it's not very interesting unless you are reading the book. Sorry about that.

There are many examples of middle working class people and discussions of the clothing they wore during leisure time, even on beaches and such; the clothing being fairly un-casual, of course. That's one of the reasons I started reading the book.
But,for what it's worth, the book discusses Prince Albert, Queen Victoria, and the Balmoral estate in the section about grouse shooting, and other sections.

[Bugbear]

I've had a chance to look over the second book by the same, The Victorians and Edwardians at Work (2011).
It also discussed Scotland with pictures, but no kilts that I could tell. This one had sections on farming, shepherds, and livestock fairs, among the many other occupations.
They were entertaining books, at least to me, so I guess I could recommend them for that purpose.

Along the way, I've also been reading several Oxford University Press Very Short Introduction books about Britain or British history, starting from Roman Britain to contemporary Britain, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the British constitution and politics. Those have been very helpful, and I can only hope I am not as ignorant as I have been.

So, it's off to read about Robert Rogers, now.

[Nick the DSM]

Just saw this thread.

Looks like an interesting read, I'll have to find a copy.

[Bugbear]

Well, Nick, the first book has pictures of women at the beach wearing Edwardian era bathingsuits… Are you sure you're old enough to see that?

[Nick the DSM]

Well, Nick, the first book has pictures of women at the beach wearing Edwardian era bathingsuits… Are you sure you're old enough to see that?

Not sure, I'm almost 20...maybe not old enough, probably need to be atleast 25 or with grey hair...

[Bugbear]

War on the Run: The Epic Story Of Robert Rogers and the Conquest of America's First Frontier, by John F. Ross (Bantam/Random House, 2009), is pretty interesting so far. Reading it in relation to the American-Ulster-Scots discussion that started a little while back. Ross uses a narrative style, like telling stories, but he has a ton of end notes supporting the narrative. I will have to probe his citations more, but they look legitimate; I recognize some authors being cited that have been suggested by "those who know" on this forum, there's some primary sources cited too.
Might as well not waist another thread that almost no one will read, so posting it here.