Old Bolton.

[TANGODANCER]

proper hats should be compulsory at t'Reebok

What are the hats called that are like a fedora, or a Trilby, but with a triangular-ish brim?

Hombergs?

Homburg actually, but I can't see the triangle. They have a stiff brim while a trilby has a soft one.

Ah, but Pru asked what the hats (plural) were called, therefore, Hombergs!

[Montreal Wanderer]

proper hats should be compulsory at t'Reebok

What are the hats called that are like a fedora, or a Trilby, but with a triangular-ish brim?

Hombergs?

Homburg actually, but I can't see the triangle. They have a stiff brim while a trilby has a soft one.

Ah, but Pru asked what the hats (plural) were called, therefore, Hombergs!

Er no, homburgs I'm afraid.

[TANGODANCER]

What are the hats called that are like a fedora, or a Trilby, but with a triangular-ish brim?

Hombergs?

Homburg actually, but I can't see the triangle. They have a stiff brim while a trilby has a soft one.

Ah, but Pru asked what the hats (plural) were called, therefore, Hombergs!

Er no, homburgs I'm afraid.

Penny dropped. Homburgs it is.

[CAPSLOCK]

Best thing about that picture?

No kids

No women

No students

And I'll bet we played long ball

[TANGODANCER]

Best thing about that picture?

No kids

No women

No students

And I'll bet we played long ball

it was referred to then as "Bung it up to Nat".

[CAPSLOCK]

Or, so I hear, 'boot it to that useless bastard up front'

Yes, Nat got it too

[TANGODANCER]

Or, so I hear, 'boot it to that useless bastard up front'

Yes, Nat got it too

"Sins of the fathers", etc.

[Dujon]

Good to see that our forebears had some sense when it comes to hats. I always wear a hat when out walking or just popping up to the local shops. My current hat is identical to this (incidentally this model of chapeau can be scrunched into a compact package for storage and pops back to its original shape when released - not that I've bothered) :



I do have a flat cap, but that was used generally only when driving my topless cars and has now been retired to a cupboard. Likewise my baseball type hats, which were used for promotional purposes when I owned a shop (they were emblazoned with my business name across the front).

No, I don't wear a hat whilst driving tin-tops, nor do I own a Volvo. I also take off my hat when entering a building.

At the risk of veering too far from the original premise of this thread - do people in the U.K. wear brimmed hats these days?

[TANGODANCER]

There's no such thing as a set style Dujon. One guy who catches our train wears one of thse Ned Kelly thing like yours. Hoods are the vogue amongst the young and potential muggers and its a "anything goes" world. Old style paperboy caps are back in fashion along with knitted Scandanavian monstrosities with built-in girlie plats hanging down, and baseball caps. Not a lot of Humphrey Bogart trilby/fedora types on show though.

I stick a check flat cap in my ruscksack for when it rains (frequently).

[Bruno]

Best thing about that picture?

No kids

No women

No students

And I'll bet we played long ball

Wow. Just wow.

[Worthy4England]

Best thing about that picture?

No kids

No women

No students

And I'll bet we played long ball

Can we add "Stood up" and "At Burnden Park - where Bolton live"

[ratbert]

And are you all going to the match on Penny Farthings?

[TANGODANCER]

And are you all going to the match on Penny Farthings?

Don't be so old-fashioned. We have motorbike and sidecars these days.

[TANGODANCER]

Best thing about that picture?

No kids

No women

No students

And I'll bet we played long ball

Can we add "Stood up" and "At Burnden Park - where Bolton live"

And a class beer advert.

[Verbal]

And are you all going to the match on Penny Farthings?

Who is she? Sounds like a right goer.

[Prufrock]

There's no such thing as a set style Dujon. One guy who catches our train wears one of thse Ned Kelly thing like yours. Hoods are the vogue amongst the young and potential muggers and its a "anything goes" world. Old style paperboy caps are back in fashion along with knitted Scandanavian monstrosities with built-in girlie plats hanging down, and baseball caps. Not a lot of Humphrey Bogart trilby/fedora types on show though.

I stick a check flat cap in my ruscksack for when it rains (frequently).

Agreed about those platt hats. Horrid. I have a Trilby AND a hood. Seldom worn together however. Work that one out. What am I? A smooth talking charmer who does a sideline in knifing old ladies? Well, I am young, and that's apparently what we all do.

[CrazyHorse]

And are you all going to the match on Penny Farthings?

Who is she? Sounds like a right goer.

Isn't she that girl with one tit five times bigger than the other?

[TANGODANCER]

There's no such thing as a set style Dujon. One guy who catches our train wears one of thse Ned Kelly thing like yours. Hoods are the vogue amongst the young and potential muggers and its a "anything goes" world. Old style paperboy caps are back in fashion along with knitted Scandanavian monstrosities with built-in girlie plats hanging down, and baseball caps. Not a lot of Humphrey Bogart trilby/fedora types on show though.

I stick a check flat cap in my ruscksack for when it rains (frequently).

Agreed about those platt hats. Horrid. I have a Trilby AND a hood. Seldom worn together however. Work that one out. What am I? A smooth talking charmer who does a sideline in knifing old ladies? Well, I am young, and that's apparently what we all do.

No dig at the young Pru, we've all been there. No denying though that you don't normally get mugged by blokes in trilbies. It's being able to tell the difference in who's who, that's the problem. It's a style that a lot of people, not the least the police, will be glad to see the back of. Course, you could alway wear a monks habit with a bit of clothes-line around your waist and toe-peeper sandals. That should do it.

[TANGODANCER]

And are you all going to the match on Penny Farthings?

Who is she? Sounds like a right goer.

Isn't she that girl with one tit five times bigger than the other?

[forestBolton]

That was really amazing to flip through. TBH, I wish there were more.

I'd love to have seen a more insightful view into what the old Trinity Street Station used to look like before it was demolished. I'd also like to know exactly where it was as I can't work it out!