Flat Cap Collection (page 6)

Hon Bob Condon agent for Sarne at meeting of Cannock Chase Miners to consider Sunday working at the colliery February 1947 006731/1

Boxing Joey Maxim American light heavy weight boxer in England to fight Freddie Mills Seen with Jack Solomons and his manager Jack Doc Kearns 022128/3

John Grove, 1895. Creator: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
John Grove, 1895

Lea DeLaria, Hawth, Crawley, West Sussex, April 2009. Creator: Brian O Connor
Lea DeLaria, Hawth, Crawley, West Sussex, April 2009

Self-Portrait, ca. 1884-87. Creator: Theodore Robinson
Self-Portrait, ca. 1884-87

Adrian Cox, Adrian Cox Quartet, Loughton Methodist Church, Essex, 28 Sept 2019. Creator
Adrian Cox, Adrian Cox Quartet, Loughton Methodist Church, Essex, 28 Sept 2019. Profoundly Blue was a fundraising concert for the National Jazz Archive

Adrian Cox and Simon Read, Adrian Cox Quartet, Loughton Methodist Church, Essex, 28 Sept 2019. Profoundly Blue was a fundraising concert for the National Jazz Archive

Adrian Cox Simon Read Joe Webb, Adrian Cox Quartet, Loughton Methodist Church, Essex, 28 Sept 2019. Profoundly Blue was a fundraising concert for the National Jazz Archive

King George VI and the Ex-King Edward VIII with Mr. Hansel Their Tutor, 1911, 1937
His Majesty King George VI and the Ex-King Edward VIII with Mr. Hansel Their Tutor, at Balmoral, 1911, 1937. His Royal Highness Prince Albert 1910-1920 became King George VI on 11 December 1936

The Many-Headed Voice Which Roars Behind The Touch-Line Every Winter Saturday, c1935. Crowd of men wearing flat caps at a football match

Military Objective at Berry-Au-Bac, 1939-1940, (1941). Creator: Unknown
Military Objective at Berry-Au-Bac, 1939-1940, (1941). From Fighter Pilot - A Personal Record of the Campaign in France. September 8th, 1939, to June 13th, 1940. [B. T. Batsford Ltd. London, 1941]

When the King shot the Shooters, Southwold, 1932 (1937). From Coronation Souvenir Book 1937, edited by Gordon Beckles. [Daily Express, London, 1937]

Clydeside Cheers, 1937
Clydeside Cheers, 1936 (1937). Edward VII visiting Clydeside, March 1936. From Coronation Souvenir Book 1937, edited by Gordon Beckles. [Daily Express, London, 1937]

Old Man in a Flat Cap, 1916. Artist
Old Man in a Flat Cap, 1916. A man with his hands folded and resting on stick

Eric Longdens Longden Special at the Southsea Speed Carnival, Hampshire. 1922. Artist
Longden Special Entry No:14. Driver: Longden, Eric. Southsea Speed Carnival. Date: 23.8.22

Clyno motorcycle and sidecar Artist: Bill Brunell
Clyno & sidecar. ca 1913 Vehicle Reg. No. LA2392. Place:

Charron-Laycock of WF Milward, JCC 200 Mile Race, Brooklands, 1921. Artist: Bill Brunell
Charron-Laycock 1460 cc. Event Entry No: 46. Driver: Milward, W.F. Finished: 18th. in 1500cc class. Place: Brooklands. J.C.C. 200-mile Race. Date: 22.10.21

Mathis 7. 5 hp of HG Cassie and Salmson of Armand Bovier at the Scottish Light Car Trial, 1922
Mathis 7.5 hp Vehicle Reg. No. XK9636. Entry No: B-44. Driver: Cassie, H.G. Right: Salmson Open sports 2-seater. 1087 cc. Reg. No. XK6116. Event Entry No: B-11. Driver: Bovier, A

HG Pope driving a GWK through water at a demonstration event, Frensham Common Pond, Surrey, 1922
GWK 2-seater. 1370 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. BL9673. Driver: Pope, H.G.. Place: Frensham Common Pond, Surrey. G.W.K. Frensham demonstration. Date: 31.8.22

GWK cars at a demonstration event at Frensham Pond Hotel, Surrey, 1922. Artist: Bill Brunell
GWK 2-seater. 1370 cc. Reg. No. BL3619. Centre: GWK 2-seater. 1370 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. B?L9420. Left: GWK 2-seater. 1370 cc. Reg. No. BL9673. Frensham Pond Hotel, Surrey. G.W.K

Three Salmsons at the JCC 200 Mile Race, Brooklands, Surrey, 1922. Artist: Bill Brunell
Salmson 1087 cc. Reg. No. 5455-E6. Event Entry No: 4. Centre: Salmson 1087 cc. Reg. No. 4969-E9. Event Entry No: 5. Right: Salmson 1087 cc. Vehicle R. Brooklands. J.C.C. 200-mile Race. Date: 19.8.22

Lord de Clifford and Kitty Brunell in a Lagonda, San Remo, Italy, c1930(?). Artist: Bill Brunell
Lagonda Driver: Clifford, Lord de. Place: San Remo. Date: Miss. K. Brunell

Derby Sports competing in the JCC Half-Day Trial, 1930. Artist: Bill Brunell
Derby Sports 1928 1100 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. YW17. Event Entry No: 1. Place: J.C.C. Half-day Trial. Date: 8.3.30

MG PA of JH Clent competing in the MG Car Club Midland Centre Trial, 1938. Artist: Bill Brunell
MG PA 1934 847 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. ANE641. Event Entry No: 18. Driver: Clent, J.H. Award: 2nd. class Chassis No. PA0582. Place: M.G.C.C. Midland Centre Trial. Date: 13.2.38

Singer of E Bunn competing in the MG Car Club Midland Centre Trial, 1938. Artist: Bill Brunell
Singer 1937 972 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. DOF746. Event Entry No: 25. Driver: Bunn, E. Place: M.G.C.C. Midland Centre Trial. Date: 13.2.38

MG TA of F Wallace competing in the MG Car Club Midland Centre Trial, 1938. Artist: Bill Brunell
MG TA 1937 1292 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. DOJ106. Event Entry No: 40. Driver: Wallace, F. Place: M.G.C.C. Midland Centre Trial. Date: 13.2.38

Sunbeam Motor Car Club Bognor Trial, 1929. Artist: Bill Brunell
Sunbeam M.C.C. Bognor Trial. Date: 3.3.29

Ford Model A saloon of JW Austin competing in the MCC Sporting Trial, 1930. Artist: Bill Brunell
Ford A Saloon 3283 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. VW9190. Driver: Austin, J.W Retired. Place: M.C.C. Sporting Trial. Date: 25.10.30

Swift car taking part in a motoring trial, c1920s(?) Artist: Bill Brunell
Swift c.1914 Event Entry No: 11. Place: Unidentified Trial

Austro-Daimler used as an officials car at the Inter-Varsity Trial, 1930. Artist: Bill Brunell
Austro-Daimler Vehicle Reg. No. ML1114. In use as Officials car. Place: Inter-Varsity Trial. Date: 22.11.30

Shooting party with a 1928 Talbot 14 / 45. Artist: Bill Brunell
Talbot 14/45 1928 1665 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. XV3542.. Place:

Shooting party. Artist: Bill Brunell
Place:

AG Miller in his Wolseley single-seater racer at Brooklands, Surrey, 1920s. Artist: Bill Brunell
Wolseley Single-seat racing body. 15.9 h.p. 2500 cc. Event Entry No: 17. Driver: Miller, Capt. A.G. Place: Brooklands

Hugh McConnell, Sammy Davis and Mrs Davis with an Austin 20 / 6 landaulette at Brooklands, 1931
Austin 20/6 landaulette. Place: Brooklands. B.R.D.C. 500 Miles Race. Date: 3.10.31. Hugh P. McConnell, S.C.H. Davis & Mrs. Davis

Two men taking a rest during the Bugatti Owners Club car treasure hunt, 25 October 1931
Place: Bugatti O.C. Treasure Hunt. Date: 25.10.31

Singer Open 2-seater car. Artist: Bill Brunell
Singer Open 2-seater Vehicle Reg. No. T-8.. Place:

Woody Shaw, Bass Clef, London, October 1987. Artist: Brian O Connor
Woody Shaw, Bass Clef, London, October 1987

Dian Gasper and L Insula, Love Supreme Jazz Festival, Glynde Place, East Sussex, 2014

Dr. John, Hawth, Crawley, West Sussex, 2005. Artist: Brian O Connor
Dr. John, Hawth, Crawley, West Sussex, 2005

Ben Bastin, Watermill Jazz Club, Dorking, Surrey, 2014. Artist: Brian O Connor
Ben Bastin, Watermill Jazz Club, Dorking, Surrey, 2014

Soweto Kinch, Brecon, 2005. Artists: Brian O Connor, Soweto Kinch
Soweto Kinch, Brecon, 2005

Soweto Kinch and Shabaka Hutchings, Imperial Wharf Jazz Festival, London, 2011. Artist
Soweto Kinch, Shabaka Hutchings, Karl Rasheed-Abel and Graham Godfrey, Imperial Wharf Jazz Festival, London, 2011

Dave Brubeck and Dizzy Gillespie at the Capital Radio Jazz Festival, Alexandra Palace, London, 1979
Dave Brubeck and Dizzy Gillespie at the Capital Radio Jazz Festival, Alexandra Palace, London, July 1979

Hound Trailing, one of Cumbrias oldest and most popular sports, Keswick, 2nd July 1962
Hound Trailing, one of Cumbrias oldest and most popular sports, 2nd July 1962. Hound Trailing takes place over moorland, fields and fells

Spraying the ovens at Manvers coking works near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. An industrial spraying machine can be seen with a worker spraying the refractory linings in the ovens at the works

Grinding the flashing from a casting, AT Green & Sons Ltd, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. The flashing is the excess steel which is left on the casting when the steel sets

Moulding in the Wombwell Foundry, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters
Moulding in the Wombwell Foundry, South Yorkshire, 1963. A steel worker uses a wooden pattern to create a mould for a steel casting

A game of dominoes in a miners welfare club, Horden, County Durham, 1963. Artist
A game of dominoes in a miners welfare club, Horden, County Durham, 1963. In a typical scene from a miners welfare club, a man looks none too happy with his selection of dominoes

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In the early 20th century, the flat cap was a beloved accessory that transcended various realms of British culture. Tom Morris senior, the renowned British golfer, donned his flat cap with pride in a captivating portrait from around 1910. The image exudes an air of sophistication and hints at the timeless appeal of this classic headwear. But it wasn't just golfers who embraced the charm of the flat cap. Cyclists, too, found solace in its snug fit and stylish design as they embarked on thrilling adventures through picturesque landscapes. Whether cycling for sport or leisurely fun, these riders added a touch of elegance to their journeys with their trusty caps. Meanwhile, at St Peters Church in Broadstairs, Kent, England in 1910, locals gathered for a momentous occasion wearing their cherished flat caps. This snapshot captures not only fashion but also a sense of community and tradition that has endured throughout history. Moving forward to Byworth in Sussex circa 1931; a young boy confidently rides atop a majestic shire horse while sporting his own miniature version of the iconic hat. The juxtaposition between youthfulness and strength is striking - symbolizing both innocence and resilience. The agricultural industry also had its fair share of proud wearers. Mr Chris Lambert from Horsmonden proudly displayed his steam haulage contractor expertise alongside his trusted flat cap – an emblematic combination representing hard work and dedication to one's craft. Even comedians like Colin Crompton couldn't resist posing with luxury cars like Jaguar XJ12s while showcasing their impeccable style with well-fitted flat caps – proving that humor can be effortlessly paired with sophistication. Not limited to land-based activities alone; gun dogs accompanied hunters across Buckinghamshire's scenic countryside during exhilarating shooting expeditions. These loyal companions were often seen sporting shooting caps alongside their owners' traditional attire – capturing both functionality and fashion in one frame.