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Griffiths, Eleanor (2019-07-19). "Where does the name Peaky Blinders come from?". RadioTimes. Immediate Media Company Limited . Retrieved 2019-11-17. The TV series suggests that the gang are called "Peaky Blinders" because they use the razors in their hats to blind their enemies, either by slicing the blade across their victims' eyes or by slashing up their faces so much that they are blinded by blood. Stewarton in east Ayrshire has been known in Scotland as The Bonnet Toun (town) for centuries. Records show that the bonnet trade existed by 1650, but it is likely that woollen bonnets were being knitted in and around the town well before that.

Usage in the East End of London is illustrated by Jim Branning of the television soap opera EastEnders and Del Boy Trotter of Only Fools and Horses. Taxicab and bus drivers are often depicted wearing a flat cap, as comedically portrayed by Gareth Hale and Norman Pace's ( Hale and Pace) "London cabbies" television sketches. Mairi Robinson, ed. (1985). The Concise Scots Dictionary. Aberdeen University Press. p.53. ISBN 0-08-028491-4. Katie Wales (2006). Northern English: a cultural and social history. p. 26. Cambridge University Press ISBN 9781139457057 Now, in common with many cities in Europe, Glasgow has 14 ancient Craft Guilds, the youngest of which is The Incorporation of Bonnetmakers & Dyers (1597). Robert Linton, Deacon of the Incorporation, says: “Each Guild supervised quality of production within the city and members had exclusive trading rights within the city boundaries. The Glasgow Guild gave trading rights to the Bonnetmakers of Stewarton, marked each year by the Glasgow Deacon’s involvement with the Stewarton Bonnet Fair.”

Stewarton in east Ayrshire has been known in Scotland as The Bonnet Toun (town) for centuries. Records show that the bonnet trade existed by 1650, but it is likely that the bonnet making tradition existed in and around the town well before that…

and Sir David Lyndsay in AnePleasant Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis comments on the trendy four-cornered bunnet: Factories, Farms and Financial Success - A history of the Flat Cap". Sir Gordon Bennett . Retrieved 2023-03-25. The Canadian team in the 1998 Winter Olympics wore red flat caps designed by Roots in the opening ceremony parade of nations. [12] The US team in the 2008 Summer Olympics also wore white flat caps designed by Polo Ralph Lauren during the parade of nations. [13] See also [ edit ] It comes from Old French ‘chapel de bonet’’ meaning a hat or cap of a fabric known as bonet. Whatever that may have been, fabrics and fashions have changed. The steel bonnet was de rigueur for combat wear, but for more formal occasions we read in the Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland (1590) about scarlet satin for “the bonnet of hir maiesties croun”.

In Northern England, notable wearers include: Fred Dibnah, from Bolton; comic strip anti-hero Andy Capp, from Hartlepool, and AC/DC vocalist Brian Johnson, of Newcastle, customarily wears a flat cap frequently on and off stage. [9] [10] Porter, Richard (4 November 2016). "If you want to get ahead, get a flat cap". The Daily Telegraph. When it comes to accommodation in Scotland, there's a fantastic choice of amazing stays from luxury hotels to glamping getaways. American golfer Bryson DeChambeau wears a flat cap during his rounds on the PGA Tour in honor of the late Payne Stewart and Ben Hogan. The look has rejuvenated popularity with the style amongst younger golfers. [ citation needed] In the 19th and early 20th centuries, when men predominantly wore some form of headgear, flat caps were commonly worn throughout Great Britain and Ireland. Versions in finer cloth were also considered to be suitable casual countryside wear for upper-class Englishmen. Flat caps were worn by fashionable young men in the 1920s. Boys of all classes in the United Kingdom wore caps during this period; a peaked school cap of prescribed colour and design, of more rounded shape than men's flat caps, was part of the normal school uniform. [6]Stewarton in east Ayrshire has been known in Scotland as The Bonnet Toun (town) for centuries. Records show that the bonnet trade existed by 1650, but it is likely that the bonnet making tradition existed in and around the town well before that… Words: Miriam Lamont Anthony Bozza (2009). Why AC/DC Matters. p.54. HarperCollins, Retrieved 30 November 2011 ISBN 9780061804601 Bunnets feature in several sayings such as ‘dinna lat the bonnets gae by wyting for the hats’, a warning against letting opportunities pass while waiting for something better. A rather tightfisted proverb is This article possibly contains original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. ( December 2012) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)