The Bellingham Highland Games - June 05th, 2010

[BoldHighlander]

Wow! The Queen was present, and nobody said anything??!!

You caught that too, huh?

[Ancienne Alliance]

Excellent pics, Terry.

Thank you for sharing these with us.


Best,

Robert

[BobsYourUncle]

What a fantastic post! I think you are right on the money with your attributions. I am a WWII reenactor whose unit portrays the 7th Bn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders; our reenacting fellows also include WWII Black Watch. Your friend has a most impressive collection of kit. I'm not as familiar with the Seaforths and Camerons as I am with the others, but I think you got it all correctly. Nice example of a South African manufacture helmet on the Cameron display--three holes in the rim for a desert havelock [neck covering cloth]. Very impressive. If you friend wants to sell any of the kit, especially the Argyll items, please PM me with contact info. Thanks again for the great post! Cheers!

There was a display of original Highland uniforms that belong to a local piper/collector who played the pipes at my wedding back in 1996.
Unfortunately I was unable to ask Ira about the uniforms, so on a couple of them I'm guessing

51st Highland Division, the Gordon Highlanders


The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders


The Black Watch (1865 India campaign)


portions of the above uniform were worn by Ira when he piped at our wedding (also held at Hovander Homestead Park) in 1996.
Since we were Civil War reenactors we had an 1860's themed wedding:


back to the games:
The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders


The Seaforths

[BoldHighlander]

What a fantastic post! I think you are right on the money with your attributions. I am a WWII reenactor whose unit portrays the 7th Bn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders; our reenacting fellows also include WWII Black Watch. Your friend has a most impressive collection of kit. I'm not as familiar with the Seaforths and Camerons as I am with the others, but I think you got it all correctly. Nice example of a South African manufacture helmet on the Cameron display--three holes in the rim for a desert havelock [neck covering cloth]. Very impressive. If you friend wants to sell any of the kit, especially the Argyll items, please PM me with contact info. Thanks again for the great post! Cheers!

Thanks ith:

Another uniform he has, but I haven't seen put on display in many years is one of those worn in the Shirley Temple film "Wee Willie Winkie".

[MacMillans son]

Nice photo spread Terry, I seem to be unable to get enough of photos of different kilts.

Can you, or anyone else, tell me what tartan "the older gentleman..." in the throwing photos is wearing? It looks like MacDonald but I am not sure which one, nor mill.
Any input would be appreciated!

Thanks again for posting, they're great!

[BoldHighlander]

Nice photo spread Terry, I seem to be unable to get enough of photos of different kilts.

Can you, or anyone else, tell me what tartan "the older gentleman..." in the throwing photos is wearing? It looks like MacDonald but I am not sure which one, nor mill.
Any input would be appreciated!

Thanks again for posting, they're great!

Thank you so much for the kind words
Yeah, when I saw all those athletes standing together in their kilts, the scene just screamed "photo op"!!!

The "older gentleman" I'm told is Brett Milton (PNW Masters Champion), however I'm not sure what tartan he's wearing

Hopefully one of the rabble will chime in with the answer.