The first photo was taken at the 1950 Argyllshire Gathering which was a day meeting, and he was competing in the piping events. It would have been bad form for him to dress in anything else, unless of course he was in the army.


Also, in the early 1950’s tour of Canada and America he frequently performed in day attire.

In J.D. Burgess’s day when civilian pipers attended day time official events, it was not unusual to see them dress up considerably and for night time events there seemed no limits to the accoutrements displayed.

It is suggested that it was his time in The Cameron Highlanders that influenced his high standard of dress that almost matched his standard of piping.