kilts
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Just looked through my feed and there’s STILL not enough kilts on Tumblr. I’m here to rectify this.
By the way in less than a month me and my partner should be wearing full Scottish costume inc kilts at my Dad’s wedding 😉
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Vicky’s bit of rough
John Brown
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You see I don’t just blog about such bearded Victorian topper wearing blokes or kilts…
…I wear it too.
Here I am in an early 1900 evening suit, Lindsay tartan waistcoat, silk dickie bow, and topper at a friend’s wedding. The only out of place thing is the shoes, which are CATs – need to get some proper Oxford brogues. And a silk topper if I can afford one!
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Whereas I DO. cos I’m peverted like that!
Bertie in kilt. I dont wanna imagine he had NOTHING under it 0_o
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Not only did Edward VII wear kilts and captain’s uniforms, apparently he also when younger liked to wear a fireman’s uniform – after a fire in his youth he became obsessed with fires and firemen – and had permission to go and put out fires!
The “king” who wanted to be a fireman was Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VII). His interest in firefighting began in 1864, when there was a blaze in the nursery of Marlborough House, the home of the Prince and Princess of Wales.
The Prince of Wales helped put out the burning floorboards and organised servants in a human chain to carry jugs and buckets of water. He got such a buzz from his actions that he asked the fire brigade if he could assist with fighting future major fires in the capital. His wish was granted.
After donning a fireman’s uniform and helmet, he was present when a blaze destroyed the 17th-century Saville House in Leicester Square in 1865. Queen Victoria, his mother, was said to disapprove of such “gallivanting”, but to no avail.
I’ve heard he used to hang around Soho dressed as a fireman…cue jokes/fantasies about big hoses and firemen’s lifts *swoon*
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ooh one on the right, report to my bedroom at 0200 hours, please!
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Insert tossing my caber jokes here.
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Lovely smile – and always a sucker for long muttonchops. Hey kids, why not bring that look back?
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“Archibald McKinnon was born in the parish of Duirinish on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, around the year 1845. He came to the Colony of Victoria with his parents and sisters on the ship “Star of the South” in 1857…With his wife Marion he established a farm and raised a family at Narrewillock in northern Victoria. It was here that an unknown traveling photographer found him in late 1903 and took a series of photographs of his family and farm which have fortunately survived. His daughter Kate recalled that in this photo (below) he was wearing a MacLeod tartan.“ [which would make sense since Duirinish is right next to Dunvegan Castle, seat of the MacLeods]
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Climbing kilts
The Scottish Mountaineering Club, 1891, May with the famous Sir Hugh Thomas Munro, 4th Baronet of Linderits on the far right.
