May 28 part 2 May 22nd club.

I found a book which was given to ue by a young woman who shared our home Seven Sisters in Liverpool.

her inscription was written in September 25th 1988.

Dear Helen and John

thankyou for everything

I'll always remember Seven sisters with lots of warmth and love

( the a little hebrew phrase)

Love N.

John and I were touched to read this and talked about N for a while with fond memories and a pride that she is now a beautiful woman,a wife a mother and counsellor.

The book was Highland Dress ( a King Penguin Book) pubished in 1948

I chose to read of The Stewart tartan because it is John's tartan and the Buchanan because it is my tartan.

The text refers to pictures which are in this wonderful little book.

Plate 1

Stewart or Royal
Mc Ian has appropriately enough chosen to represent the Stewart tartan by portraying Prince Charles Edward Stewart,"the Young Pretender!, taken from a contemporary miniture.The prince is seen here at the height of his career when he held Royal Court in Edinburgh in September 1745.There are several different Stewart setts,including the Hunting and the Stewart of Appin. Royal Stewart was never a clan
tartan,but the Royal tartan.It is worn by the Pipers of the Scots Guards. it was described by the late King George V as "my personal tartan",but His Majesty King George V1 on formal occassions prefers to wear a tartan knows as the Balmoral sett,which was designed by the Prince Consort and is reserved for the use of the royal Family.

Plate 18

BUCHANAN
This striking figure of a cadet of the Chief of Clan Buchanan is seen wearing the kilt as it has been worn since the repeal of the Act prohibiting the wearing of Highland dress in 1782 The full-sized plaid is separate and is not now used,but in other respects,expect in detail,surprisingly few changes have taken place.The Buchanan country was Loch lomondside,but the clan is now without a chief,and its lands are possessed by the Duke of Montrose,who is himself Chief of Clan Graham.


strangely comforting reading about the land of your birth.