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The Warwick Caledonian Society is the oldest society of its type in the Southern Hemisphere and given that Warwick was established as a town in 1847, a 150-year milestone is a great achievement. Our band spent Saturday wowing crowds who had gathered from near and far to celebrate the Scottish culture. Source: scotspgc.newzletter.com.au/newsletters/scots-pgc-college-...

famous Scottish entertainer, hence the kilt

My grandmother had a Harry Lauder 78rpm record--I think it belonged to her mother. Harry's wikipedia entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Lauder Mrs. Lauder was the former Ann "Nancy" Vallance, whose father managed a colliery in Lanarkshire. Listen to him here: youtu.be/OAtNk-yPoWs youtu.be/6X_3N6pcXBw youtu.be/vbM86eiczAg Lauder toured the US in 1915. If this photo was taken in late 1915, that was just a year before their only son John died in WWI (in late 1916).

pennylrichardsca: thanks for the information. We will update the record.

Tartan (Scottish Gaelic: breacan [ˈpɾʲɛxkən]) is a patterned cloth consisting of criss-crossed, horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours. Tartans originated in woven wool, but now they are made in many other materials. Tartan is particularly associated with Scotland, as Scottish kilts almost always have tartan patterns. The Dress Act of 1746 attempted to bring the warrior clans under government control by banning the tartan and other aspects of Gaelic culture. When the law was repealed in 1782, it was no longer ordinary Highland dress, but was adopted instead as the symbolic national dress of Scotland, a status that was widely popularised after King George IV wore a tartan kilt in his 1822 visit to Scotland. Until the middle of the nineteenth century, the highland tartans were only associated with either regions or districts, rather than any specific Scottish clan. Today tartan is no longer limited to textiles, but is also used as a name for the pattern itself, appearing on media such as paper, plastics, packaging, and wall coverings.[5] The use of tartan has spread outside the British Isles, particularly to countries who have been influenced by Scottish culture. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartan