Old photo find

[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]

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.

No white hose to be seen either!!!

[Peter C.]

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.

Back in the late 1950's when I was in a British military pipe band, the whole band had those kilt pins. I knew them as kilt pins before I knew them as blanket pins. In the military before sleeping bags they were used to pin blankets together to form sleeping bags and ofcourse early kilts were also used as blankets, though I have no idea whether they had pins or not.

Peter

[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

[chasem]

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

"It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A!"

[McMurdo]

"It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A!"

If that is a supposed to be a snide comment, I'd have to say, obviously you've never been to a Ceilidh before.

[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