Hi all

So, here we are in 2010. Imagine you’re whisked back in time to the Scottish Highlands of the 1730’s-40’s. You travel around the Highlands - town, village and glen. You travel over water to Skye, Lewis, Harris, the Uists etc down to Mull, Islay and over to Kintyre. You visit Inverness, Fort William/Corpach, Portree, Stornoway, Oban, Inveraray etc as well as the glens. You take your professional digital camera with you and photo the people and places.

So what would your photos show ? Would there be any surprises ? Most of us imagine that townsfolk would wear typical 18th Century clothing, tricornes or bonnets, new or thread-bare, bought or homespun, perhaps with a tartan plaid for some. We also tend to imagine everyone in the Highland glens and straths universally wearing little kilts or great kilts, with jackets and accessories according to their status and personal wealth.

But is that what we would see ? Can anyone shed further light ? For instance, would they all be wearing kilts etc in Lewis, or would Norse influences put them in breeches ? Or mixed ? What about Kintyre ? Atholl ? etc etc.