It is reputed that when John Hetherington – inventor of the top hat – first wore his creation in London, it caused a riot in which a child’s arm was broken.
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Heatherington was prosecuted for his hat crime on the grounds that the design was ‘calculated to frighten timid people’
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Ah very interesting That hats could have been so intimidating FUnny
ReplyDeleteweird but ever so interesting as well.......
ReplyDeleteHmmm very interesting indeed and also very wierd I do like this little piece of trivia though thanks Keith
ReplyDeleteI suppose they be-hatted him for his crime. Maybe Jon Wilkes Booth did not like old Abe's stove pipe hat. I just took that hat off my shopping list.
ReplyDeleteOld Grizz
huh??? but, his fashion item surely took off...
ReplyDeleteDid he get it from the mad hatter?!
ReplyDeleteLies lies lies.........
ReplyDeleteYeah Right!
It's what is under it that frightens ya!