tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post2752826562762794566..comments2024-02-29T06:34:59.406-05:00Comments on From The House of Edward: Men In HatsPamela Terry and Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-46460723825223552152011-02-06T14:15:29.626-05:002011-02-06T14:15:29.626-05:00I adore Kate Rusby, who sings that song.
I've...I adore Kate Rusby, who sings that song.<br /><br />I've just finished reading Elizabeth Jane Howard's The Light Years -- which takes place during two summers just preceding WWII.<br />Wonderful descriptions of the sort of (vanished) life that you allude to.Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-92411852056887332011-02-03T20:16:11.690-05:002011-02-03T20:16:11.690-05:00I couldn't agree with you more. I have always ...I couldn't agree with you more. I have always had a feeling that I was born in the wrong time or that better yet, I have a strong connection to my past. Thank you for the book recommendation. It sounds like it just might become one of my all time favorite reads! xo SamanthaSamantha Savage Breithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402074275919562493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-74954834324494532602011-02-01T18:57:42.925-05:002011-02-01T18:57:42.925-05:00I saw this book during the Christmas season and wa...I saw this book during the Christmas season and wanted to purchase it as a gift to myself, but didn't! I had leafed through it and it's delightful and on the top of my to get list.<br />Wouldn't it be wonderful to be able to combine the past niceties with our modern day lives...I bet it could be done...it just might be time for a "Men In Hat's" revolution.<br /><br />I'm sorry about your recent 'blue period', I am happy though that you've emerged from it and that it provided you with a wonderful post. Thank heavens for PBS, bloggers and ice cream!<br /><br />Happy Anniversary ♥<br />xo J~24 Cornershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13630767883910250689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-68825721652014664232011-01-30T23:02:31.451-05:002011-01-30T23:02:31.451-05:00I am all for men in hats! Now that I'm thin o...I am all for men in hats! Now that I'm thin on top, a hat keeps me warm or cool, as needed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-36485940762591983932011-01-30T18:36:06.971-05:002011-01-30T18:36:06.971-05:00I've always felt I was born into the wrong cen...I've always felt I was born into the wrong century, but realized that if I was able to go back, I could not stand being a girl. I would HAVE TO be a boy. :)TheatreKid :)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14484528669683097746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-55907133409219718812011-01-30T01:31:28.309-05:002011-01-30T01:31:28.309-05:00Civility is sorely missing these days. Sadly, few ...Civility is sorely missing these days. Sadly, few believe it to be important. I find that men who make an effort to dress nicely are a pleasure to be around because they also make an effort to be courteous.Angie Muresanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13830360358541367259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-40616554128095224152011-01-30T01:08:36.695-05:002011-01-30T01:08:36.695-05:00Yes indeed, real hats not baseball caps, and polis...Yes indeed, real hats not baseball caps, and polished shoes instead of sneakers. Also the grace of Sunday quiet and Sunday best.<br />A beautiful post, as always!Frances Tyrrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18300498036210195590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-51204745243395706212011-01-29T22:45:54.509-05:002011-01-29T22:45:54.509-05:00Pamela, elevenses always available here! How funn...Pamela, elevenses always available here! How funny that we both posted on hats today - stop over to see some of mine and where I keep them! <br /><br />Throughout my childhood I can't recall my dad ever leaving the house without a trilby hat! Believe it not my mum wore cream gloves to her workplace every day - and I treasure the one pair I found in her dresser drawer after her death at age 91. Getting my husband to wear other than a ball cap (usually the Red Sox one), to shield his now balding pate on a sunny day, is difficult. I love men in hats - just last week I swooned over an older mustached gentleman wearing not only a gallant brimmed hat, but also an Australian duster coat, fabulous!<br /><br />Yes, those were the glory days, thank goodness we have another episode of Downton Abbey tomorrow.........and can dream.<br /><br />I'm going to be on the lookout for the book.<br /><br />Hugs - Mary<br /><br /><br /><br />Love this post and will look for the book.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915239653283205065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-2153830403688233852011-01-29T19:14:25.689-05:002011-01-29T19:14:25.689-05:00I was thrilled this winter when my husband, who kn...I was thrilled this winter when my husband, who knew he was to be standing out in the cold hosting the city Christmas tour, went to the store and bought himself a proper hat ... and he received compliments on that hat all day during the tour. That hat helped keep him warm, and he looked very fine while wearing it.Connie in Hartwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09127877285792861166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-81019607079578323072011-01-29T14:36:30.318-05:002011-01-29T14:36:30.318-05:00Brava, Pamela! Many of us were born in the wrong e...Brava, Pamela! Many of us were born in the wrong era. My daughter is the same, so it's not only those of us "of a certain age."<br /><br />We long for culture, civility, and grace in our lives. That connotes sensitivity, which is ohso necessary today. I'm glad there are so many of us...it bodes well for the future, I say.<br /><br />Much of my blog this week has been devoted to this inner struggle to appreciate what we have today while longing a bit for th way things used to be. http://fiveplaces.blogspot.com/<br />We can only hope to "devolve" a bit in the future!Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937847762010497687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-4863941475575195332011-01-29T11:42:32.153-05:002011-01-29T11:42:32.153-05:00So many things to bring back and I look forward to...So many things to bring back and I look forward to ticking off the list via this book. As to men in hats...I hate baseball caps! Who looks good in a cap like that?<br />Fedora, Akubra and a good old fashioned walking hat....I happen to wear them all and when I see a man wearing the same, I always take an extra glance. If only Mr. H would wear them too....<br /><br />Here is the perfect site for the perfect man's hat...happy viewing! http://www.menshats.com/<br /><br />Jeanne xxJeanne Henriqueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07986759909478180763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-85559156771368783582011-01-29T10:22:24.691-05:002011-01-29T10:22:24.691-05:00Oh yes! I too love the beauty and grace of those ...Oh yes! I too love the beauty and grace of those eras.... but like you wouldn't want to give up air conditioning, the Beatles or my electrical appliances! I love the humor that you sprinkle in your writing. And oh how I would love to give and get a hug from Edward, what a king of beasts!!!<br /><br />I love old movies with men in hats,<br />especially Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart... and you should see the collection of womens hats I seem to collect!<br />When I wear a beautiful hat, an older gentleman will often comment on how lovely it is.<br /><br />I so enjoy reading your words, thank you for the wonderful posts.<br /><br />Have a delightful weekend, filled with the beauty and grace of years past.<br /><br />~ Violet"Create Beauty"https://www.blogger.com/profile/13351220132065841813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-12666121234003205602011-01-29T09:47:22.893-05:002011-01-29T09:47:22.893-05:00Definitely pine for an older time, but, after read...Definitely pine for an older time, but, after reading so many Jane Austin books, or any number of books from those more "formal" times, I realize how much I romanticize it. I'm dreaming of the return of respect, honor and manners, and a move away from a "rat race". Though I LOVE the elegance of those times. <br /><br />I'm striving to create a simpler life here and now, and celebrating the choices I have... like high speed internet and my vacuum. But my pining is surely a sign of feeling myself so at the edge of our culture, witnessing from a distance and doing my best to enter only as much as is safe, if that's at all possible. My pining is for the little thatched cottage at the edge of the wood with a wattle fence and a sweet cottage garden. Maybe somewhere in town men are tipping hats to women, while I'm weaving besoms from birch twigs! That would be grand, surely.Valeriannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621130622153365184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-34469612905242650612011-01-29T09:43:21.574-05:002011-01-29T09:43:21.574-05:00This looks to be a charming book and, yes, I too l...This looks to be a charming book and, yes, I too long for better manners and the tender caring of a soul rather than the latest fad. <br /><br />I live in a suburb near Chicago, best known, most likely, for all its warts, but, a good city, none-the-less. The long reigning Mayor Daley is not known to be an eloquent speaker, but he does always look dapper in a gentleman's hat - with just the touch of a feather along its side. (hmm, a feather in his cap.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-33676693945005431812011-01-29T09:16:02.409-05:002011-01-29T09:16:02.409-05:00Dear Pamela, you have touched a chord with me. I ...Dear Pamela, you have touched a chord with me. I have been having dialogue with my grand children about morals and manners. Seems theirs lack a good deal of grace. I still have my white gloves and lovely summer hats worn to tea parties - Oh how I miss those days.<br /><br />These are the days of paper plates (UGH) and e-mail thank you's - I prefer china and hand written thank you's - I am told I am of the "generation gap." I like my gap!Dorishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15471263543430641785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-66982981477607702962011-01-29T07:51:01.077-05:002011-01-29T07:51:01.077-05:00Hello Pamela
I will look into buying this book--s...Hello Pamela<br /><br />I will look into buying this book--seems to be a good read. I agree with Purple Flowers-it's always nice to get letters through the mail and not always on the computer.<br /><br />It's good to keep the past alive in certain areas to help the future.<br /><br />Best<br />Tracy :)Tracy Golightly-Garciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07409307445856582227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-12394446707605292942011-01-29T06:56:13.276-05:002011-01-29T06:56:13.276-05:00I remember when men wore hats!
Living in a rural a...I remember when men wore hats!<br />Living in a rural area life is lived more slowly and more graciously but even here the modern world intrudes<br />Where would I be without the internet and blogging!!!!!!<br />Still there is time for an Earl Grey tea sipped out of a fine china cup whilst sitting under the trees and smelling the roses!Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12951295463270151861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-21085638299582704812011-01-29T05:43:42.059-05:002011-01-29T05:43:42.059-05:00You really are a STAR Pamela!!! I loved this.Espec...You really are a STAR Pamela!!! I loved this.Especially the lines from the Ray Davies Song, which I might add is used in my most MOST favourite television series in England, 'Jam and Jerusalem'!!<br />Its so sad that the gentlemen of today don't wear Trilby hats any more.Your post has prompted some memories of my own.<br /> It was New Year's Eve long long ago when an elderly Gentleman tipped his hat for me for the first time. My Dad and I were waiting outside the house to bring in the New Year. I must have been about fifteen,all around was dark and deserted. In those days, no fireworks or rowdies just the sound of the ships horns on the Ship Canal honking in the distance,and I remember feeling so grown-up that an older man should have tipped his hat to us whilst bidding us 'Happy New Year'.<br /><br />I don't doubt in your case that the two gentlemen recognised a real Lady when they saw one! :)<br /><br />Sending Hugs<br />JaneHalf-heard in the Stillnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01840301617199033576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-508264192634505582011-01-29T02:12:53.556-05:002011-01-29T02:12:53.556-05:00I always thought that I was born in the wrong cent...I always thought that I was born in the wrong century.<br />I love todays luxury, but log for the time that woman were ladies and men were gentleman.<br />Love, from Hollandthe cardigan-innhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04119249758081560355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-23954831184451001752011-01-28T22:00:26.886-05:002011-01-28T22:00:26.886-05:00I love anything written by you and anything by Ray...I love anything written by you and anything by Ray Davies. I agree on this post Pamela and often times think I too was born in the wrong time. I am so saddened at times of the state of the world right now, and mostly how manners have completely gone to the wayside...I see it everyday..I feel so sorry for the kids of today, they won’t even be able to have a conversation with one another but speak instead to their iphones....so so sad.Beatnhearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14825208509765183528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-9903204910422315972011-01-28T21:00:43.926-05:002011-01-28T21:00:43.926-05:00I, too, wish that so many of these things were sti...I, too, wish that so many of these things were still in use, particularly in relation to behaviors! I have bemoaned the lack of manners, respect, honesty, good sense, and more that once were the only acceptable behaviors. Despite how I go on about being an "old lady", I am not old enough to actually remember all of these bygone things, I remember many of them though and certainly think that the return of civility and grace would make the world a much better place in which to live.Mellodeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07515414035373189099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-4625647964014246272011-01-28T19:29:13.155-05:002011-01-28T19:29:13.155-05:00Oh, I'm so with you on this one Pamela. For sp...Oh, I'm so with you on this one Pamela. For special birthdays etc. I always use my sealing wax and seal !!<br />When I worked in Mayfair, London, I used to get to work very early and, who would tip his hat and say 'good morning' to me ?.....David Niven !! He used to go out for an early morning walk and it was usually just him and me passing each other every morning in a very prestigeous street of London, preserving the traditions of his youth.I always thought that he was the quintessential Englishman.<br />I think that it always sounds so romantic to have lived in an earlier century but, I think that the majority of it would be very hard. <br />Thanks for telling us about the book. I think that it could be part of my sister's birthday present. XXXXJacqueline @ HOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154045482594773377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-7081128370191866952011-01-28T17:40:35.055-05:002011-01-28T17:40:35.055-05:00Why don't we found our own Cultural Preservati...Why don't we found our own Cultural Preservation Society and become members of the protections of things (not yet) past? Meet for tea and go for walks, arm in arm and find all those lovely thing we miss and pull them out of hiding....<br />My list is long: True charm, politeness and curtesy, flirting without being vulgar, movies theaters with style and class, going to the theater and the opera, finding country lanes to walk, home baked bread, wholesomeness, well bred children, playing until dark, reading on a swing, tea dances....<br /><br />Love it all!<br />VictoriaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572400688345132982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-17718986565432063022011-01-28T16:57:22.668-05:002011-01-28T16:57:22.668-05:00I have a hat collection, but I never wear any of t...I have a hat collection, but I never wear any of them, although I do wear baseball style caps all day long and even as I read in bed at night. I know that hats look a damn sight better, but they do have some significant problems. For one thing, the back of the rim tends to touch headrests in cars, which means that they have to be taken off when driving. Well, I want something to shade my eyes when I'm driving, and I don't want to have to take my headgear on and off every few minutes when I'm running errands. Also, hats are fragile compared to caps. When I go somewhere that it seems good to take my cap off I can stash it inside the pack that i always carry. Hats need to be hung up or at least laid flat, which just makes them too darn much trouble. Plus, caps shade the eyes better because they can be turned down a little on either side of the brim. The only advantage of hats is that they do look a whole lot better, so one has to decide whether looks or functionality is more important.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917331337767835985.post-42998346385091982232011-01-28T16:27:17.962-05:002011-01-28T16:27:17.962-05:00Those were the days my friend.
My father always w...Those were the days my friend.<br /><br />My father always wore a trilby hat and would raise it to every passing lady.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.com