Recently on Princess cruise round the Carribean, I was approached on one of the formal dress nights by a very elderly lady. She asked me where came from and what tartan I was wearing, she was very frail and walked with the aid of a walking stick and with the support of her husband.
I told her that I came from near the Glasgow area and had worked for many years in Glasgow.
You know she was much like the old lady who retold the her love story with Jack in the Titanic movie
She told me she came from Dalmarnock area of Glasgow and went to the old Strathclyde school she had married a G.I. shortly after the war and had then moved to USA. As she told me this tale, she had tears in her eyes and just wanted to talk to someone who knew her old area.
I was very proud to be wearing the kilt that night and to meet her acquaintance