New XMarker in Rochester NY

**ccga3359** · 13th June 07, 07:17 PM

Originally Posted by BruceK

It's always the third Sunday in September, so this year it will be September 16th. If one wants to see just about any kind of British car imaginable this is the place to see it! My wife and I go up there in our '73 Triumph Stag and meet a group of other Stag owners and make a long weekend of the event. Great location and even better people! We stay at a hotel in Burlington and always visit the Queen's Head pub at least a couple of times while we're there.

Bruce

Ah the Queen's Head in Oakville. We've had a Kilt nights there. Look for SOKS (Southern Ontario Kilt Society) announcements. SOKS also has affiliates in NY (Grand Island), Virginia, North Carolina and Wales.

**McMurdo** · 14th June 07, 07:47 AM

Originally Posted by BruceK

It's always the third Sunday in September, so this year it will be September 16th. If one wants to see just about any kind of British car imaginable this is the place to see it! My wife and I go up there in our '73 Triumph Stag and meet a group of other Stag owners and make a long weekend of the event. Great location and even better people! We stay at a hotel in Burlington and always visit the Queen's Head pub at least a couple of times while we're there.

Bruce

If you will be here for the weekend of September 16th I for one think we should get together at the Queen's Head, just let us know what evening is good for you and I am sure we can get a bunch to show up.

**BEEDEE** · 13th June 07, 06:26 PM

from coastal North Carolina

Brian

**brandycr** · 13th June 07, 07:30 PM

Welcome from South Carolina!

**Dirk Skene** · 13th June 07, 07:46 PM

Hello to the

and

from Memphis, Tennessee. Home of the blues & Elvis.

**turpin** · 13th June 07, 09:36 PM

Welcome to the forum, Bruce. I like that Marjoribanks tartan. Is it a family-registered tartan? Never heard of the clan.

**BruceK** · 14th June 07, 04:54 AM

Originally Posted by turpin

I like that Marjoribanks tartan. Is it a family-registered tartan? Never heard of the clan.

To be honest I don't know enough yet about clans, families and such to know if it is registered or not. As I was doing some research on my family I found a document (from Scotland by the Yard?) that showed Marjoribanks as a surname of clan Johnson which is how I wound up with that tartan first. Googling the Marjoribanks name results in some interesting stuff, such as:

"The name Marjoribanks is associated with Lady Marjorie Bruce, the daughter of King Robert the Bruce and is derived from lands near the village of Lochmaben in Dumfriesshire which were called terre de Marjoriebankis in Lady Marjorie's honour."

After yet more googling brought me to the family tartan at http://www.scotclans.com/clans/Marjoribanks/tartan.html. And I have to be honest and say that I really, really like that tartan. Must be in the genes...

Bruce

**andyfg** · 14th June 07, 05:25 AM

Welcome Bruce. We are almost neighbors!

**BruceK** · 14th June 07, 05:38 AM

Originally Posted by andyfg

Welcome Bruce. We are almost neighbors!

Thanks for the welcome, Andy. And you're right - I think you're the closest XMarker who's admitted he's near Rochester. I keep hoping that one day I'll see someone else wearing a kilt around here on a non-occasion day but so far nuthin'...

Bruce

**Ugly Bear** · 15th June 07, 03:52 AM

Originally Posted by BruceK

... I think you're the closest XMarker who's admitted he's near Rochester. I keep hoping that one day I'll see someone else wearing a kilt around here on a non-occasion day but so far nuthin'...

Huh. Either even Rochesterians don't know where Geneseo is, or I don't know why I bother posting.

Over the years, I have seen one kilt being worn casually on a non-occasion in the GRA. It was the Best Buy in Henrietta, and a college-age guy wearing a Utilikilt passed by, surrounded by his posse. That's it. We're still a rare breed out here.