The Scots Have a Fling

Every year it's the same - if you don't get in early and get your ticket, you miss out on the Highland Ball. Why? The answer, we think, lies in the slightly different atmos-phere at the ball. The splash of colour normally provided by the ladies' frocks is heightened at this ball by the tartans that abound everywhere, and the skirl of the pipes and the drums somehow add to the gaiety. This year's ball was no exception. It went with a swing from go to woe.

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The finish of the grand march

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Pipe Major Jock Spence, an old band member, has returned to the active list.

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A sumptuous supper was provided and Bob Hughes here wastes little time in cutting the porker for Herb and Lily Preston and wife Isa.

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Jimmy Wiilox aboot t' get stuck into the puddin'

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Led by Jock Spence, Mr G. S. Fox carries the haggis round the hall while Jimmy Wiilox follows on behind with the Scotch

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Mrs Valda Mallabar, maker of the haggis, has a critical taste.

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Among those present.... Murray Tear, Elizabeth Pearce, and Neil and Mrs Edith Ross