Dating this photo:
I have a large (perhaps 18x20") of the original photo that was given to my family by my Granny. Some years ago I posted a scan of this photo on my genealogy web site hoping someone would find it and tell me what the occasion was.
http://girvangenealogy.com/campbeltownscene.htmlHere is a link to a blow-up of the "stage" in the photo.
http://girvangenealogy.com/stage.jpgThe man in front of the stage wearing the "skin" is my grandfather's brother, Archibald Girvan, who played the bass drum and to his left is my grandfather, Robert Girvan, a piper with the 8th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders in Campbeltown.
As to the date of the photo, my grandfather Robert Girvan died 10 June 1912 at age 24 of tuberculosis. So he must be in his early 20's in this photo.
I would assume the date of the photo to be between about 1908 and 1912.
Perhaps the local history society could shed some light on the year and the event?