Classic kilt style - as seen at large this summer in Scotland

[Flotineer]

What is the second-from-the-right man wearing in the 1935 pic? Is it a long plaid wrapped around him in some manner?

[Padraicog]

For Pipers, the 1935 picture is interesting - in the second rank starting left is Archibald Campbell of Kilberry, and next to him is James Campbell, his son. James appears in the 1962 picture sandwiched between DR MacLennan (half-brother of GS MacLennan) left and Archie Kenneth (called "Compo" by Andrew McNeill: you need to have watched Last of the Summer Wine a BBC TV series to get that allusion) on the right

[Padraicog]

One of my friends describes most of the people in the photographs as Landless Lairds or Surrey Highanders

[Jock Scot]

One of my friends describes most of the people in the photographs as Landless Lairds or Surrey Highanders

The few that I know and some that I recognise, including the Duke of Argyll in the pictures can hardly be described as landless!

[Padraicog]

Jock

But you don't know them all (neither do I) but I know a few who fit the description of Landless

[Jock Scot]

Jock

But you don't know them all (neither do I) but I know a few who fit the description of Landless

I understand what you are saying , but in this case I cannot agree with you.

[Troglodyte]

What is the second-from-the-right man wearing in the 1935 pic? Is it a long plaid wrapped around him in some manner?

It is a style of wrapping the plaid that is seldom seen (carrying a plaid is rare these days, anyway) but was favoured by some at one time.

I have tried it for style myself, and find it keeps the plaid neat and close - no flapping or blowing about - but it is bothersome to put on and off. Draped over the left shouder is by far the quickest and easiest method.

Another plaid style is often seen in old (18th century) paintings of Scottish pastoral life - drovers and the like - where the plaid is draped over the left shoulder and taken across the body both front and back and tied in a flat knot at the right hip. I have only seen this method shown on men in breeks, not kilted.