1st Bn the royal scots Edinburgh tattoo

Drum major maxi MacDonald and Australian pipe bands

[@michaelbradley786]

. We lived next door to Maxi Macdonald in Kirknewton. Brings back wonderful memories seeing him.

[@maxi2449]

Hi Micheal I remember youse well the Bradley’s and the terribly sad day of the loss of your sister, it’s been a long time

[@michaelbradley786]

Colin.. flipping heck ! A right blast from the past. I remember you had two brothers too. Is it really 45 years ago?

[@maxi2449]

@@michaelbradley786 yeah it really is Garry and Kevin live in Inverness i live in N ireland now but go across fairly regularly, i remember us always playing football the water tank and your Dad making us chip buttys lol, i joined the Royal Scots and done 22years, low and behold one of my postings was kirknewton again

[@michaelbradley786]

@@maxi2449 I often wonder where we all ended up? We all settled in the wigan area. Kevin was a fireman for 30 years and I served as a police officer in Manchester. John still drives for a security company and Cathy works in a care home. Sorry to learn that your dad passed away recently Our parents have both passed on. Dad 20 years ago and mum 4. That must have been a great buzz to serve with the Royal Scots.

[@lewissmith3896]

@@maxi2449 Thank you for your service.

[@jspee1965]

Cheers mate! Excellent post. Tough to find any Royal Scots on parade these days.

[@colinmacdonald6851]

jspee1965 the royal scots have a web site with a notice board and also a facebook page, if you were looking for someone you will find them there, hope this helps you

[@tommyjardine1714]

The Scottish Regiments have all vanished now😧😧

[@peterpullen958]

Been hoping to find this for years. 1975 and I was there....got the LP too. Many thanks. Peter

[@colinmacdonald6851]

Peter Pullen hope you enjoy it iam the son of maxi macdonald

[@andrewgorrie3966]

I got on well with Maxi. Liked him a lot.

[@lewissmith3896]

@@colinmacdonald6851 Nice one.

[@MrTezza13]

so pleased i found this , I was a piper with the Queensland police

[@andrewgorrie3966]

Me too (AG)

[@duncanjohnston3897]

Maxi and I were in the corporals mess of 1 Cameronians in Buxtehude, Redford, Bahrain and Kenya. From memory he was a Londoner who joined up as a boy bugler. Chris Johnston, 23273303.

[@maxi2449]

That’s correct , very sadly he passed away on the 19th Nov 2020

[@chrisjohnston4644]

@@maxi2449 Are you a son of Maxi? What did he do on demob? best regards Chris J.

[@lewissmith3896]

@@maxi2449 May he RIP.

[@maxi2449]

Hi , i am his son, he was born in london, his Dad was a Glaswegian ( merchant seaman) I was born in Minden with the cams , after Drum Major of the Royal Scots, he was Drum Major of the KOSB,s for two years and finally Sultan of Oman armed forces for 6 months until he finished

[@jamesmurdoch9805]

@@maxi2449 So sorry to hear of Maxi's passing...he was a good friend of mine during his tenure with the KOSB. My deepest sympathy.

[@gustloffshizukayamamoto4689]

Eh, this tattoo is really fun. I’m a teen and I like Edinburgh tattoos very much. I would like to ask, how do you request this DVD from bbc archives? Also your father Maxie McDonald really inspired me to play with Drum Major maces. I wish I can be your father one day doing the Mace Thing.

[@andrewrobertson3952]

Got any more of this tattoo?

[@maxi2449]

No sorry just this, I think you can request it from bbc archives, that is where this came from

[@andrewrobertson3952]

@@maxi2449 didn’t know you could do that! I’ll do a wee search 😊