Kilt wearer banned...

**###KILTEDKIWI###** · 28th September 08, 12:56 PM

A kilt wearer was stunned when bosses at his favourite pub told him he couldn't wear his kilt. Paul Robson no longer drinks in the Blackie Boy, in Newcastle, where he has enjoyed a pint for 17 years. Robson has Scottish relatives and has worn his kilt every Friday night for two years. But managers at the Blackie Boy banned him because it has a "smart dress code" and says kilts are fancy dress. (Source: The Northern Echo.co.uk)

Probably more of a personality issue than a dress standard i would presume....

**beloitpiper** · 28th September 08, 02:55 PM

Whoa...what? Ok, some bars have dress codes like "no shirt, no shoes, no service" but to say "Smart dress only" is absurd! These guys are insane if they think that helps their business.

Well, I know of one bar I won't be stopping at if I'm ever in New Zealand.

**sharpdressedscot** · 28th September 08, 03:28 PM

I'm surprised some kilt-wearing mob with pitchforks and torches didn't show up...

**Mipi** · 29th September 08, 01:00 AM

Originally Posted by beloitpiper

Whoa...what? Ok, some bars have dress codes like "no shirt, no shoes, no service" but to say "Smart dress only" is absurd! These guys are insane if they think that helps their business.

Didn't someone post the thread on closing pubs in UK? No wonder.

**###KILTEDKIWI###** · 28th September 08, 03:58 PM

Ah, the bar would be in Newcastle (UK), wouldn't happen here in NZ, funnily enough i went to a bar after a church service yesterday (ah the irony) and there wasnt an issue...

**TheKiltedCoder** · 28th September 08, 04:02 PM

Okay. I would have thought that I'd have been better than your average USAian on British/Commonwealth colloquialisms, but I've never heard anyone make a distinction between "fancy dress" and "smart dress". Would one of you folks from over the pond help me out?

Thanks,

Brian

**Tommy Hunt** · 28th September 08, 04:14 PM

Picture
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/new...Tartan_bitter/

What exactly is their dress code?

Btw kilt pocket for a cell phone anyone?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/850061.stm

**Hamish** · 28th September 08, 04:56 PM

Originally Posted by Tommy Hunt

Picture
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/new...Tartan_bitter/

£1,700 for a kilt?!! For that kilt?!! No way!

Btw kilt pocket for a cell phone anyone?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/850061.stm

I'm afraid that report is over eight years old, Tommy! Howie was making pockets for mobile phones, etc. in his '21st Century Kilts' some time before that article was published - it wasn't exactly hot news then.

Take care,
Ham.

**McMurdo** · 28th September 08, 05:10 PM

Originally Posted by Hamish

£1,700 for a kilt?!! For that kilt?!! No way!

Aye Ham
I thought the price was somewhat exaggerated, however I would say that perhaps the reporter has done that, as you know reporters seem to never let the truth get in the way of a good story.

I think though the point is that it seems a bit crazy that a pub would ban someone for wearing the kilt, when you see the photo I think he looks fine, save for the fact that he is wearing brown boots with a black belt and sporran.

**Tommy Hunt** · 30th September 08, 08:52 PM

Originally Posted by Hamish

I'm afraid that report is over eight years old, Tommy! Howie was making pockets for mobile phones, etc. in his '21st Century Kilts' some time before that article was published - it wasn't exactly hot news then.

Take care,
Ham.

Well I guess those pockets are quite a bit smaller now heh heh...