Týr;1439237 wrote: They had more trees and hats and boats back then.
I still wear a hat.
I regularly wear a flat cap.
I remember seeing men walking across London Bridge in bowler hats. Thats very rare now.
London 1927
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 6:07 am
by Arena
Snowfire;1439241 wrote: I regularly wear a flat cap.
I remember seeing men walking across London Bridge in bowler hats. Thats very rare now.
From Wiki....
The bowler once defined British civil servants and bankers, and later American workingmen.[4] It was devised in 1849 by the London hat-makers Thomas and William Bowler to fulfill an order placed by the firm of hatters Lock & Co. of St James's.[4] Lock & Co. had been commissioned by a customer to design a close-fitting, low-crowned hat to protect Coke's gamekeepers' heads from low-hanging branches while on horseback. The keepers had previously worn top hats, which were easily knocked off and damaged. Lock & Co. then commissioned the Bowler brothers to solve the problem
London 1927
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 10:35 am
by Oscar Namechange
In the horse racing Industry, everyone wears a hat... Including me...
London 1927
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 4:18 pm
by Bryn Mawr
Bruv;1439235 wrote:
The overwhelming impression is of busses everwhere - a facinating glimpse into the past.