Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post
Thanks, interesting to know the history.

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Nevertheless, I've seen from other photos that Huntly & District currently contains youngsters who couldn't possibly be ex-army. Thus the OP's question "stolen valour or harmless tribute?" would have to be answered "harmless tribute" in that case.
I am quite sure that the youngsters are made well aware of the history of their band uniform. Yet again, another example of long standing band attire being an exception to the day to day civilian norms.