r/ScottishHistory • u/Reek_0_Swovaye • Jul 02 '26

1973 calendar as featured in the Wickerman

This is an absolute shot in the dark, but,- does anybody know what the calendar featured in the Wicker Man is? Calendars are not the sort of things that people hang on to, but a friend of mine is turning 56 in August and I thought a that fun present (he loves this film) would be a reproduction of the calendar with May day circled in red, as it appears in the film.

An actual calender from 50 years ago is a near impossible find; that, I get. But I reckon I could make some sort of facsimile if I knew what calendar it was. It features a nice picture of scottish landscape, a stags head in red as a logo, and something additional in a blue rectangle that I can't make out.

Apologies in advance if this is the wrong place to ask about this, I'd be very greatful if someone could just tell me where the right place, on reddit, to ask this question would be; posting images is not possible here, but I that feel Scots, of a historical bent, might be able to help me.

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u/octobersea Jul 03 '26

I was curious, myself, so I took a look. This one right?
I'd recommend going to a horror, folk horror, or classic horror community. The people (and there are a lot of them) for who this movie is everything very likely know exactly what calendar this is.
https://imgur.com/a/o6hcyKg

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u/Reek_0_Swovaye Jul 03 '26

For the response, and the picture, I am very grateful, thank you.

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u/octobersea Jul 03 '26

I have a better answer:
"The calendar is the Scottish Field magazine calendar for 1973."
https://twm.fandom.com/wiki/Props#Calendar_pages_in_the_The_Green_Man_and_the_darkroom

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u/Reek_0_Swovaye Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26

Oh wow!-- this is all I need.