Laurel & Hardy

[AbernethyCameron]

Although born in England, Stan Laurel moved to Glasgow in his teens with his family, his father managed a theatre there where his first performances were. This maybe explains the influence on later films. More here:

https://www.ardanaiseig.com/stan-laurel-ties-glasgow/

[OC Richard]

Doing a bit of digging, I think the band in the Laurel & Hardy film quite probably is the early Los Angeles Scottish Pipe Band, seen here. I read that they were founded in 1915.

I just looked at the Bonnie Scotland clip again, I can tell the pipers are actual pipers from how they're fingering their chanters. When you have Extras pretend to play the pipes it doesn't look that good.

I don't have a date for this photo, I would guess around 1930.



When I started playing (mid-1970s) some of the people in these photos were still around, perhaps still playing.