10 hats named for fictional characters

1. Fedora (from the title of an 1882 play by Victorien Sardou, written for Sarah Bernhardt)

2. Trilby (from the 1894 novel by George du Maurier)

3. Pamela hat (from a 1793 play based on the novel by Richardson)

4. Tam o' shanter (from the eponymous hero of the 1790 poem by Burns)
5. Mickey Mouse hat

6. Gatsby cap (from The Great Gatsby F Scott Fitzgerald 1925)

7. Dolly Varden (from a character in Dickens Barnaby Rudge of 1840, 1841 based on earlier events)

8. Santa hat

9. Mad hatter hat (from the character in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures 1865)

10. Cat in the hat top hat (from the Dr Zeuss character)

10 UK Products and the towns that traditionally manufactured them

1. Carpets - Kidderminster
2. Men's shoes and boots - Northampton
3. Hosiery - Hinckley and Loughborough
4. Lace - Nottingham
5. Hats - Luton
6. Pottery - Stoke
7. Brushes - Wymondham
8. Liquorice products - Pontefract
9. Mustard - Norwich
10. Ale - Burton on Trent

Lord's Day November 3 2013

We began yesterday with communion as it was the first Sunday in the month. Numbers were down throughout the day as it is still half term. I preached on the hats passage in 1 Corinthians 11 and although there are still some loose threads for me I think we made something useful from it. Having come to the end of the short series on Jonah I did a one off in the evening on Onesiphorus, who is mentioned at the end of 2 Timothy 1. I hope it was a blessing to hear. Mp3s go on our church website in due time.

TTRMOMG 10 Hats

I thought we'd finish the series with some hats. People don't wear hats as much these days as they once did. When I look at the two hats above I immediately think Bampie, Grandad. My Grandad Brady was 6" 4' an inspector in a steelworks and wore the trilby, my Bampie Thomas a council workman was 5" 1' and wore the flat cap.

Hats Z

 Zucchetto. More here.

Hats Y

We see plenty of these round here. They are called by various names but Yarmulkah is the one I know best (plus Kippah). More here.

Hats X

X-ray protection headgear

Hats W

I could have had a Welsh hat, of course, but in the end I went for both a welder's helmet and a wedding veil.

Hats V

Visor. More
here.

Hats U

Ushanka. More here.

Hats T

Trilby. More here.

Hats S

Sombrero. More here.

Hats R

Rain hood or hat

Hats Q

A Qeleshe is an Albanian hat made of wool. More here.

Hats P

Pith helmet. Once all the raj in India! More here.

Hats O

The opera hat is an evening top hat designed to be collapsible for easy storage worn with black tie at the turn of the century and in the 1920s and 30s; also known as a "Gibbus" after its inventor.

Hats N

Nightcaps were popular before the advent of Central heating.

Hats M

The montera is the hat worn by Spanish bullfighters.

Hats L

A leghorn bonnet. (All the rage early in the 19th Century). See here.

Hats K

Surprisingly we're spoiled for choice here. Apart from the Kiss-me-quick hat and the knotted handkerchief of the British seaside there are at least another 13 possibilities, ie kepi, kufi, kippah, kashket, karakul, kolpik, kausia, kevenhuller, khimar, kunduz, keffiya, klobuk and kamilavka. We have plumped for the kolpik because we often see these around here worn by Orthodox Jews but were unaware of what they were called. More here.