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Can't find much for the Falcon hats. Battersby was later merged into the Associated British Hat Manufacturers, per Wikipedia. With the whole organization closing in 1997, Mr. Brennan still has about another good 70 yrs ahead of him selling hats :)

oaktree_brian_1976 Mad, Ted! A Falcon Make Headwear paperweight...

"...at Hickey's..." I belive the correct term is traumatic decompression haematoma.

derangedlemur Took me a moment, but... :D

I knew a farmer once who would stay on "old time", in his case he ignored the one hour movements in March and October. British Summer Time was first established by the Summer Time Act 1916, after a campaign by builder William Willett. His original proposal was to move the clocks forward by 80 minutes, in 20-minute weekly steps on Sundays in April and by the reverse procedure in September. In 1916 BST began on 21 May and ended on 1 October.

DannyM8 So do you reckon the bus service ignored the change in the hour then (presumably alongside other people like your farmer, or maybe to suit people like your farmer)?

National Library of Ireland on The Commons It seems that Old Time was a rural and farming practice. listserv.heanet.ie/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1303&L=seanchas-l... When the idea was introduced in Ireland it was adopted in the towns and cities, but not everywhere by farming communities. In the rural district in which I lived the newly-introduced summer time was called "New Time" but we had "Old Time" all year round. We had to be careful when planning to attend an event elsewhere; was it "New Time" or "Old Time"

Each year in my house we had the ceremony of the HAT! My father would begin the process of buying a new hat and it took some weeks of trying on and deciding on what style and colour to wear. He would have had a field day in this shop.

Swordscookie Wonder if he ever purchased a Falcon Make or a Battersby?

National Library of Ireland on The Commons He might have before I was born but if there was an Irish hat manfacturers then he would have gone for that.

I think the ancient art of hat wearing should be brought back to the country. A good wide brimmed Fedora doubles as a personal umbrella on a wet day.

I must agree with Joefuz on that score. Hats are a much neglected accessory these days, except by the country music crowd.