Catholic School girls - Black Watch skirts

[pugcasso]

I have to laugh ... I walked by this private Catholic School in my city today apparently at just the right time ... and there was a whole crowd of these teenage girls all in Black Watch skirts (shorter than my kilt for sure!) .... and here I was in my Black Watch kilt. It's quite humourous ... a group of them ran past me on the side walk and one said "I like your kilt"


One of the more funny moments of kilt wearing!


I suddenly felt like some strange anomaly

[Father Bill]

Dear Pugcasso,

You ARE an anomaly. That's why we all love you.

Blessings!

[CDNSushi]

There was a glitch in the Matrix.

[opositive]

black watch has been my favorite tartan since i was a teenager, decades before ever getting a kilt. geez, who does not like black watch or its myriad variations? my wife went to a local catholic girl school which wore black watch--consequently, she freaks out unless we go out of the parish with me in black watch. i can understand her point of view a bit, since i would be a little creeped out wearing my sisters' school tartan--dress gordan--which is another great tartan, grrrrr--so now i have my eye on st patrick.

[Woodsheal]

I went to Catholic school in the '60s - 1st through 8th grade. The girls' uniforms were indeed Black Watch jumpers. Must be a popular theme...!

[xman]

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[English Bloke]

I have a friend who loves that I wear Kilts but can't get her head around my Lindsay double box pleat. Reason? Her school uniform was box pleated skirts, Lindsay tartan. Doesn't stop me wearing it though.

[KiltRevival]

In Australia we can have a similar problem as most schools have tartans of some sorts and I have to keep this in mind when choosing a tartan. Ironically, when I was at school, the tartan the girls wore was the Stewart hunting tartan which I always liked. Later, when learning about my heritage and kilts, I found that as a Francis we are a septs of Stewart and the same tartan was our family tartan.

Its sad that boys are unable to wear kilts to school as part of the uniform. All through school I would have prefered the kilt over pants.

[madmacs]

Its sad that boys are unable to wear kilts to school as part of the uniform. All through school I would have prefered the kilt over pants.

You just picked the wrong school...

Boys at the following nine boarding schools were required to wear the kilt. Dollar Academy: Boarders were required to wear the kilt on Sundays for church and on school social occasions such as dances and parties. Fettes and Glenalmond: On formal occasions boys wore the kilt with a waistcoat and jacket of the registered college tweed. The kilt could be of any personal tartan but all boys in the College are entitled, if they wish, to wear the Hunting Murray tartan. Kiel: Boys wore a white shirt, school tie, school blazer and kilt as the number 1 uniform. It is worn on Sundays and for special occasions as well as for outings. Loretto: Sunday garb is white shirt and tie, lovat tweed jacket and the kilt. Merchiston Castle: The kilt was worn on Sundays and on formal occasions. Rannoch: On Sundays and special occasions boys dressed is the kilt and Rannoch Green jacket. The dress list for Formal Wear includes, 1 kilt (tartan of own choice), 1 kilt jacket, 1 sporran, 2 pairs of school stockings (Rannoch Green), 2 white shirts, 1 school tie, and 1 pair of black lacing shoes. Strathallan: Boarders were required to wear the kilt on Sundays for church and on school social occasions such as dances and parties. Queen Victoria School Dunblane: The traditional ceremonial uniform of glengarry, scarlet tunic and kilt is worn for church and special occasions. In 1966 walking out dress was changed from battledress to highland tweed jacket, pullover and kilt. Highland dancing is still part of the curriculum.

The kilt was optional at: Edinburgh Academy: Optional formal dress was kilt with appropriate tweed jacket, plain lovat coloured stockings, lacing black shoes, white shirt and Academy tie. A plain grey V-neck pullover and Glengarry or Balmoral hat are further options.

The following three schools did not wear the kilt: Fort Augustus Abbey, Gordonstoun, and Morrison's Academy in Crieff. This was the situation in 1988. HBC has seen earlier photographs from Goronstoun, for example, with all the boys turned out in kilts.

Preparatory schools

The following eight preparatory schools wore the kilt: Ardvreck, and Crawfordton House: The kilt outfit was worn on Sundays and for outings. Blairmore, and Cargilfield: On formal occasions boys wore kilts. Lathallan: Children wear the kilt for church on Sundays and for all other important school events. The tartan is of their own choice. Loretto Preparatory: The kilt is formal dress on Sundays and special occasions except in the summer term when red blazers and white shorts are worn. New Park: On formal occasions boys wear kilts. Queen Victoria (Preparatory School): See above.

The kilt is optional in the following three schools: Clifton Hall. On Sundays in the Autumn and Spring terms most boys wear the kilt. Edinburgh Academy and Fettes: The kilt with tweed jacket may be worn for special occasions by boys in the prep school section of these senior schools. Aberdour Preparatory School: This prep school is not Scottish, but located at Banstead, Surrey. Until 1987, the headmaster allowed any Scottish boy to wear the kilt if they so desired. At one stage, there were as many as 35 kilted boys. They wore the kilt every day, not just on Sundays as is the case in the other prep schools. The kilts belonged to the headmaster at the time, Mr Grange, and were eventually gifted to the Scottish Tartans Society where they are having another useful life being lent out to any boy who wants one and agrees to wear it.

The kilt was not worn in the following three schools: Belhaven Hill, Lomond, and St Mary's

[Andrewson]

You just picked the wrong school...

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The schools madmacs goes on to quote are all fee-paying public (i.e. in normal parlance "private") schools. But in my own state run Scottish secondary school several boys in my year wore the kilt every day to school. It was an allowed but not specified part of the uniform. I didn't. Hadn't seen the light back then ...