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From: Malcolm Shaw <>
Subject: Re: [CHS] Non-genealogy - Hats
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 18:17:21 -0700
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Hi Dave;

Thanks for your reply to my query. Dad never worked in a ship yard but
he could have used the term to refer to a Bowler hat and the persons who
wore one..

Regards

Malcolm

Dave Greenly wrote:

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> */Malcolm Shaw <>/* wrote:
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> <So, my query is whether there was such a hat as a "blocker" or is
> it a
> Lancashire dialect word? Also, what was its style?>
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> Certainly in the shipyards of Birkenhead, a "blocker" was a not
> totally kind name for a Manager in the yard, supposedly from the
> Bowler hats that they wore. It was said that the headgear was worn
> not as a status symbol but mainly to divert red-hot rivets that
> would occasionally fall from the ships in their direction. A sort
> of early safety helmet!
>
> Dave
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> Dave Greenly
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