Edinburgh - Edinburgh Tattoo, Castle, floodlit - Hail Caledonia postcard c.1970s

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Edinburgh - floodlighting, Edinburgh Castle & Tattoo
• Publisher:  Hail Caledonia (Whiteholme)
• Postally used:  no
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is an annual series of Military tattoos performed by British Armed Forces, Commonwealth and International military bands and display teams on the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh. The event takes place annually throughout August, as part of the wider Edinburgh Festival (a collective name for many independent festivals and events held in Edinburgh during August).

The word ""Tattoo,"" is derived from ""Doe den tap toe"", or just ""tap toe"" (""toe"" is pronounced ""too""), the Dutch for ""Last orders"". Translated literally, it means: ""close the (beer) tap"". The term ""Tap-toe"" was first encountered by the British Army when stationed in Flanders during the War of the Austrian Succession.

The British adopted the practice and it became a signal, played by a regiment's Corps of Drums or Pipes and Drums each night to tavern owners to turn off the taps of their ale kegs so that the soldiers would retire to their billeted lodgings at a reasonable hour. With the establishment of modern barracks and full Military bands later in the 18th century, the term Tattoo was used to describe not only the last duty call of the day, but also a ceremonial form of evening entertainment performed by Military musicians.^[1]

Although the first Tattoo in Edinburgh, entitled ""Something About a Soldier"", took place at the Ross Bandstand at Princes Street Gardens in 1949, the first official Edinburgh Military Tattoo began in 1950 with just eight items in the programme. It drew some 6000 spectators seated in simple bench and scaffold structures around the north, south and east sides of the Edinburgh Castle esplanade. In 1952, the capacity of the stands was increased to accommodate a nightly audience of 7700, allowing 160,000 to watch live performances each year.

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=scotland

county/ country=midlothian/ edinburgh

number of items=single

period=1945 - present

postage condition=unposted