My wee visit to Edinburgh Castle

[Jordan]

Ok, I know I haven’t been very active around here recently, there’s no real reason for it other than life getting the better of me and all the usual stuff unfortunately.

Recently I had the pleasure of a day trip to Edinburgh castle with the cadets recently and along with the task of controlling 30 odd teenagers while there I got some time to have a quick look round myself and take some photos which I thought some of our members here would like to see.

from the ouside, just up from where the busses were parked


An old Scottish army uniform of some sort


Old 603 (City of Edinburgh) SQN RAF pipers uniform


And a close up of the info


Some Sporran's


Another old Sporran and Sgian Dubh


And Last but not Least and old (and slightly worn) Saltire


Not A whole lot of photo's but I did have my hands full for the best part of that day

Jordan

[cessna152towser]

Nice pictures Jordan and its good to hear from you again.
Taking the air cadets for a day out makes a good excuse for visiting Edinburgh Castle. We Scots tend to take our history for granted, it must be many years since I was last inside Edinburgh Castle.

[Jordan]

Thanks Alex, It was unfortunately my first Visit to the castle, but I would like to go back sometime when I'll be better able to appreciate it.

Jordan

[Jock Scot]

Great pictures. It is nice to see that you are still around laddie.

[Nick the DSM]

That first pic with the uniform looks likes it's the London Scottish uniform with it's hodden grey color.

[Nervous Jock]

That first pic with the uniform looks likes it's the London Scottish uniform with it's hodden grey color.

Correct, an old uniform 'of some sort' from a unit that bloodied the Huns nose on Halloween in 1914

[Jordan]

Great pictures. It is nice to see that you are still around laddie.

Cheers Jock

That first pic with the uniform looks likes it's the London Scottish uniform with it's hodden grey color.

I will take your word for it, I don't have a lot of interest in old army kit.

[Màrtainn]

I went to the same museum last week, and I noticed another mannequin with the kilt cover discussed elsewhere on this forum as well. The description said nothing about protecting the kilt though, as I expected, but stressed the importance of camouflaging the kilt.
The description says:

Khaki service dress uniform worn by a corporal of 2nd Battalion the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders serving in Salonika diring the first World War. A khaki apron is worn to camouflage the kilt. In 1902, khaki clothing had become the standard active service uniform in the British army.
Highland regiments first began wearing kilt aprons during the South African War, after it was realised that enemy marksmen could pick out the dark tartan of their kilts at a distance. Kilts were last worn on active service in 1940.

I liked the hodden kilt in the other photo, but it was too bad the arrangement of the dummy made it impossible to have a good look at the back…

[Mike_Oettle]

Nice pictures, Jordan. Our South African equivalent of Edinburgh Castle is the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town. I visited there with my son in January, but sad to say there were no kilted uniforms on display. I did manage to get a DVD of the 2010 Cape Town Tattoo, which took place in the Castle grounds, and featured (together with brass bands and trousered troops) the massed pipe bands of the Cape Town Highlanders (Gordon tartan), the Cape Garrison Artillery (Royal Stewart) and 1 Medical Battalion from Durban (MacLaren).
Nick, you were quick off the mark with your London Scottish identification. I noticed the same thing.
Regards,
Mike

[OC Richard]

This is a London Scottish uniform. You can just see the label there on the glass. The kilt and hose are "Hodden Grey". What's really interesting is the sporran: I've seen loads of London Scottish sporrans and the ORs' sporran have a plain brown leather cantle with stitched matching brown leather rim. But this one has a knob! And almost looks like it's made of wood or summat.




This is an awsome collection! The sporrans Left to Right are

1) an early (1820-1830) 79th Highlanders sporran with the distinctive white-over-black layered fur
2) pre-1881 92nd Highlanders ORs' sporran
3) 79th Highlanders "Levee Dress" Officers' sporran
4) 78th Highlanders "Levee Dress" Officers' sporran
5) early 93rd Highlanders Sergeants' and Officers' sporran with a different arrangement of tassels as became standard later