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From: "J Olsen" <>
Subject: Re: [CHS] Non-genealogy - Hats
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 10:08:40 +0000


In my mind bowler hats are strongly associated with masons. And masons of
course are very strong on funerals, so your friends Dad, if he was one,
probably got good use from the hat. Or as my Mum would say, it didnt owe him
anything.

Judy

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>From: "Mrs L. McCulloch" <>
>To:
>Subject: Re: [CHS] Non-genealogy - Hats
>Date: 09, Wed Mar, 2005, 4:37 pm
>

> Dear Malcolm, I was chatting to a member today when I was at Alderley Edge
> Research rooms and he said his Father wore a 'blocker'. It was a kind of
> bowler hat which was quite tough and solid, always black and his dad wore
> it for funerals. The rest of the family teased him when he wore it as he
> usually wore a flat cap. I would guess the name comes from the
> manufacturing process when the hat was made on a block of wood. The
> Stockport Hat Museum people could probably tell us more. Regards, Lyn
>
>
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