The Royal Scots Club on Abercromby Place has been celebrating the centenary of its opening all year.

Last night they held the RSC 100 Beating Retreat Dinner when 250 guests were entertained by 1 Scots Pipes and Drums and the Lowland Military Band of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.

The Rt Hon Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh Frank Ross took the salute.

Guests enjoyed a marvellous dinner of smoked salmon, roast chicken supreme and vanilla panna cotta with fresh Craigie Farm strawberries.

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The newly resurfaced street was closed to traffic to allow the two bands to parade there
Colonel Clinton Hicks the chair of the Club Committee and Brigadier General Charles Ritchie in the marquee in the garden before the Beating Retreat

The Rt Hon Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh Frank Ross taking the salute at the Beating Retreat June 2019

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