Pipes and Drums of the Cape Breton Highlanders

Gaelic College, St. Ann’s, NS 

Circa 1950

Back Row, Standing, left to Right:
1.  Pipe Major John A. “Black Jack” McDonald, Soldiers Cove, NS
2.  Unidentified
3.  Unidentified
4.  Piper Danny MacIntyre (was later pipe major of the band)
5.  Drum Major Charles “The Fox” MacLean, Sydney Mines, NS
6.  Piper Alec MacDonald
7.  Piper Sonny MacPherson
8.  Unidentified
9.  Piper J. MacMillan

Front Row, Kneeling, Left to Right:
1.  Drummer MacNeil
2.  Unidentified
3.  Drummer Bill Boutilier
4.  Drummer B.R. “Woody” Woodman, Glace Bay, NS

The little girl on the left is Sandra Pottie from Sydney, NS. The other girl is unidentified.

Photographer:  Unknown
Ref. Number:  13-52 (1.2)
Image Information:  Scan of original photo
Source:  Charlene Vickers, Englishtown, NS, 2013
 

Pipe Band on Parade

Halifax, NS

Circa Late 1940's or Early 1950's

This is a photo of a combined pipe band on parade in Halifax, NS, in the late 1940’s or early 1950’s. Half the men in the photo are from the Cape Breton Highlanders as identified by their cap badges and kilts (dark coloured), while the others appear to be from the Pictou Highlanders (Motor) Battalion (kilts with lighter horizontal stripes). Leading the procession is the drum major from the Cape Breton Highlanders, Charles (Charlie) MacLean from Sydney Mines, NS. The band is making a right turn from Spring Garden Road on to South Park Street. The building in the background is the Lord Nelson Hotel. The event could have been the Natal Day Parade.

Photographer:  Unknown
Ref. Number:  13-52 (21.2)
Image Information:  Scan of original photo
Source:  Charlene Vickers, Englishtown, NS, 2013