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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Nov 5, 2011 19:31:37 GMT
 My Grandfather and Grandmother on my my mum's side...pic taken in 1929 or thereabouts. My Grandfather was only about 19 or 20 (looks older) Grandmum is about the same. She died very suddenly in 1973...diabetic...had massive heart attack. Grandfather lived to the ripe old age of 96. But he never fully got over her death. She was his world. However when that photo was snapped they had apparently ( I recall Grandad saying) just had a big row. People were so well dressed back in those days...what a handsome couple.  AH |
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Post by aubrey on Nov 6, 2011 10:43:16 GMT
I wish we could wear hats again, without looking like a tool. Not that he is, but most people back then did.
Explanation of "Tool:" Wearing a hat these days seems almost like a statement. It wasn't back then. It was no more weird than wearing, say, a jumper.
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Post by everso on Nov 6, 2011 11:07:11 GMT
I remember my mum telling me that when you bought "an outfit" (i.e. coat, shoes and bag) you ALWAYS bought a hat.
My dad always sported a cap, right up until the day he died. Only wore it outdoors, of course.
My nan always wore a hat too, up until the 1980s I'd say.
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Post by aubrey on Nov 6, 2011 11:48:45 GMT
Old people can wear hats with impunity.
Youngsters try it (anyone under 50) and they look like they're trying to be Pete Docherty (I know - I've seen this. The bloke looked a right twunt).
Actually, I'm over 50 and I still wouldn't feel right.
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Post by housesparrow on Nov 6, 2011 12:28:18 GMT
Yea! Let's campaign for the return of the hat. My hair blows all over the place at the merest draught and anyway I like to keep my ears warm.
Hoodies are great though. Anyone can hide under one of those.
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Post by Weyland on Nov 6, 2011 12:31:43 GMT
My dad always sported a cap, right up until the day he died. Only wore it outdoors, of course. My dad too. And he always wore a suit when he wasn't at work (shipyard). After he died I found a bowler hat in a cupboard. No photos of him in that exist, more's the pity. My mam couldn't remember him ever wearing it either. |
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Post by Weyland on Nov 6, 2011 12:35:47 GMT
Old people can wear hats with impunity. Youngsters try it (anyone under 50) and they look like they're trying to be Pete Docherty (I know - I've seen this. The bloke looked a right twunt). Actually, I'm over 50 and I still wouldn't feel right. Pete Docherty is a twunt if ever there was one. Shrewsbury's answer to Ricky Gervais. |
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Post by Weyland on Nov 6, 2011 13:50:27 GMT
Yea! Let's campaign for the return of the hat. My hair blows all over the place at the merest draught and anyway I like to keep my ears warm. < shimmer shimmer shimmer > . . . I can feel the presence . . . . . . through a glass darkly . . . . . . the mist is clearing . . . . . . the word French . . . . . . and Stag . . . and riot . . . and Panasonic . . . . . . and orange . . . no, wait . . . yellow . . . . . . I'm thinking "yellow beret" . . . Knock twice for YES! |
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Post by housesparrow on Nov 6, 2011 16:30:35 GMT
Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time.
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Post by Weyland on Nov 6, 2011 17:35:09 GMT
Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time. It was, Sparra. Still is. I wasn't implying anything different. Of all the 700,000,000,000 potential hat-wearers on this planet, it's a fair bet we're the only ones discussing your choice of headgear. I like that. ~ The only kinds of headgear I ever wear these days are these:   But as life goes on I'm leaning towards these:   |
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Post by everso on Nov 6, 2011 18:38:36 GMT
My dad always sported a cap, right up until the day he died. Only wore it outdoors, of course. My dad too. And he always wore a suit when he wasn't at work (shipyard). After he died I found a bowler hat in a cupboard. No photos of him in that exist, more's the pity. My mam couldn't remember him ever wearing it either. I think the cap was very much of the working class years ago. My dad worked outdoors (he was a docker) so had to keep his head warm. I never saw my dad wearing any other type of headgear. I remember when I started working in London in 1966, men wearing bowler hats was a very common sight. |
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Post by jean on Nov 6, 2011 22:01:29 GMT
My father for some reason chose to wear a black beret for trudging around the streets collecting rents.
And a trilby for church.
(Though obviously, not being Jewish, he took it off when he got inside.)
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Nov 7, 2011 15:46:02 GMT
But as life goes on I'm leaning towards these: Jeremy Brett - definitive Holmes and all around awesome fellow. As for head gear, if I could get away with it, it would be a fedora all the time. "How dare you insult the stub crouch!" AH |
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Post by everso on Nov 7, 2011 17:34:54 GMT
Sharp intake of breath for everso as she looks at Indiana Jones.  |
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Post by tarzanontarmazepam on Nov 7, 2011 21:43:45 GMT
I must have missed that Indiana Jones film.  |
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Nov 7, 2011 21:51:26 GMT
I must have missed that Indiana Jones film.  AH |
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Post by tarzanontarmazepam on Nov 7, 2011 21:56:43 GMT
I must have missed that Indiana Jones film. AH  |
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