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gordclark
Canada
170 Posts |
 Posted - 07/11/2019 : 15:57:49
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Over the years, my kilt seems to have changed size, and its time to buy a new and larger one. Does anyone know if the MG Car Club has a registered tartan?
Gord Clark
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coracle
United Kingdom
1871 Posts |
Posted - 07/11/2019 : 16:56:39
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I thought a "proper" kilt to be many metres long and you "mount" it by laying it out on the ground, rolling yourself up in it and popping it over the shoulder.
How many metres has it shrunk by? |
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paul55
Luxembourg
728 Posts |
Posted - 07/11/2019 : 18:30:56
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Not too sure about that Nigel, I still have my Grandad’s kilt that he wore during WW1...Seaforth Highlanders...and its fastened with a small strap and buckle at the top. But by god he must have been skinny, it won't even go near me and I'm not exactly on the big side!
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coracle
United Kingdom
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paul55
Luxembourg
728 Posts |
Posted - 07/11/2019 : 20:45:52
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Think Grandad had the "little kilt"...must have been cutbacks, there was a war on you know!
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coracle
United Kingdom
1871 Posts |
Posted - 07/11/2019 : 21:29:50
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| The feileadh-beag (pr: feela beg) .... Phoebe Waller-Bridge? |
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gordclark
Canada
170 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2019 : 00:29:14
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How many metres has it shrunk by? - Good question. Basically it was my father's old Argyle & Sutherland regimental kilt when he has a 38" tummy. If I were to try to wear it today, it would cover only on side of me.
Grateful for the link to the origin of kilts. Kilts in Canada are not uncommon and here in sleepy Rockburn, Québec (pop. 210), we have a darn good pipe band.
So I can assume the the MGCC doesn't have a registered tartan. I'm no longer a member of the MGCC, so I daren't contact them directly.
Thanks for your inputs.
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chapelfarmer
United Kingdom
241 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2019 : 02:07:25
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MMM Scottish Borders 2018 , incorporating tartan factory - the man in the foreground (back to camera, Rob Roy hairstyle) is explaining that these chaps will happily make us a tartan if we only ask them
https://www.lochcarron.co.uk/lochcarron-visitor-center
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coracle
United Kingdom
1871 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2019 : 12:47:54
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Mmmm... this is a difficult one as coming up with a tartan that incorporates an octagonal pattern might be a little challenging using the sort of traditional weaving used for tartan kilt fabric.
Perhaps one might have to resort to carpet weave to get over this, but I am still doubtful that it would pass muster as a tartan.
One has to be very careful of driving an open MMM car in the Belted Plaid - The Feileadh-mhor(pr: feela more) in order not to suffer the same fate as Isadora Duncan. Perhaps it would be wise to stick with the feileadh-beag (pr: feela beg) |
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JohnE
United Kingdom
366 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2019 : 14:28:35
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Hmm, Brown and Cream?
I do remember Rob Roy at that visit saying that they had done a design for a Aberdeen oil company, so that it looked the same wet, oiled up or dry. I remember it as a sort of dark heather purple mainly.
However, I do think my D would need a bit more draft proofing to suit a kilt in this weather.
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sam christie
United Kingdom
3056 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2019 : 16:30:17
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Is there a Kimber tartan?
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Cooperman
United Kingdom
752 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2019 : 20:46:37
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Originally posted by sam christie
Is there a Kimber tartan?
Sam
Good thinking Batman, I couldn't find one for the name Kimber, but there is a Morris Clan https://clan.com/family/morris
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Edited by - Cooperman on 08/11/2019 20:54:00 |
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coracle
United Kingdom
1871 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2019 : 20:46:54
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How about this:
Might be a little familiar though? |
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George Eagle
United Kingdom
3228 Posts |
Posted - 09/11/2019 : 09:43:15
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I had a spell in the Kenya Regiment where the RSM was Dusty Miller of the Seaforth Highlanders. What a proud soldier but a really hard b.....d! He certainly looked the part when wearing his full dress kit which included the kilt.
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Westbury
United Kingdom
1949 Posts |
Posted - 09/11/2019 : 10:48:06
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Part of my family ( maternal grandmother ) are McComb, originally from the Highlands.
Same name as that great MMM guru from the past F. Wilson McComb.
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Edited by - Westbury on 09/11/2019 10:56:01 |
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