MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Stanley]

Nope......

[Wendyf]

It's the lining of a posh hat.

[Gloria]

Possibly a fedora Wendy?

[hartley353]

Is that a royal warrant? could it be a label in an over coat.

[Steeplejerk]

Christies definately made hats,bet Stanley bought it in Stockport !!

[chinatyke]

http://www.christyshats.com/

[Stanley]

Wendy got it and Gloria hit the nail on the head, dark blue and no Tom, not bought in Stockport but in Harrogate about twenty years ago, cost £50 then! Try this one....



Can you tell me anything about it without Google?

[Marilyn]

I can tell you that I wear one every day, and so does Febby!

[Cathy]

I can tell you what it is as well hehe (Too easy for an Aussie, I'll leave for others to put their thinking caps on Stanley)

[Stanley]

It's the Imperial Quality I like! Mine is the Pastoralist.....Did the rest of you non Aussies get it?

[Steeplejerk]

Stanley,about 20yrs ago a mate of mine moved all the machinery for christy's hats and got lots of goodies,all the lads in the pub were wearing fedoras ,stetsons and berets,ive still got my beret !!

[Gloria]

A bush hat.

[Marilyn]

I even have a fly net for mine, which thankfully is removable, because it is not a fashion statement. I only take my fly net on holidays to remote locations or 'up the river'. ( Febby way too fashion conscious to wear a fly net). I like to use both hands for other things rather than wave the flies away.
A couple of years ago my son borrowed Febby's hat..and unfortunately it blew off his head whilst speeding up the river in the dinghy and was lost to the legend of Murray River currents. ( gasps all round) We almost had to hold a wake, such was the tragedy, and several beers were sunk in remembrance.
And I had to buy him a new one! ( which has never managed to fill the space left by the original).
One minute silence held when we pass the spot where original was lost. Son hides in the loo until it is safe to resurface.

Nowt like an Aussie hat. ( sniff)

[Cathy]

Maybe Stanley has corks hanging from his to keep the flies away... ouch!!

[Stanley]

My hats get the same degree of reverence Maz. I always remember walking through the bush with an Aussie friend and his back was covered with flies. Being an Englishman I batted them off and he pointed out that my sweat soaked shirt was covered as well and it was best to leave them there as while they were on your back they weren't troubling your face. You live and learn.....
Sticking with labels, what can you tell me about this one?

[chinatyke]

Doesn't the label say it all?

[Cathy]

Is it a dressing gown Stanley ??

[Steeplejerk]

Christy towels made by Ashton brothers of Hyde,worked there a lot,they made the towels for Wimbledon!!

[Stanley]

China, yes, but look closely, what exactly is the label telling you? Cathy, no it's a towel but I got a dressing gown at the same time. Young Tom, dead right and that's where I did my shopping. Now that's a good clue, have a look at that label again!

[Steeplejerk]

Was that towel produced when Courtaulds closed it down as a commemorative item!!!

[chinatyke]

The corner is cut off the label. You bought a seconds from their factory shop in Hyde? Or is it just frayed?

Actually, thinking about it, the label states established 1850, over one hundred years. So you must have bought it around 1950, as it would presumably state established 110 years in 1960.

You like to get good use out of your purchases if you've had it since 1950, 63 years. Nearly as old as me.

[Steeplejerk]

Coronation towel !!

[Stanley]

China spotted it. Ashton Brothers sold seconds and to show what they were cut the corner off the label, but in this case only just. Bought it when we were re-tubing a boiler in the late 1980s. Good towels, I have yet to wear one out!
Now I have to put my thinking cap back on......

[Marilyn]

We have had the hat, the shoes and the towel.
Please Stanley...no pics of any interesting aspects of your undies...even if the thirty year old elastic is doing remarkably well..

[Stanley]

Bloody hell Maz! You're cutting back on me options! How did you know I was considering me Sloggi budgie smugglers.....? (I wonder where those Speedos went?)



But enough of this. I need to find a proper mystery object!